FCS is pleased to announce that Comms Provider 2010 will take place on 12th October at the now traditional venue of Simmons and Simmons, Moorgate, London.
The annual Comms Provider event is hosted by FCS and its membership for industry and is the meeting place for Comms Providers and the resellers of Fixed, IP and numbering services.
This page will be updated with details of the speakers and content to be included in the programme so please do check back regularly .
If you have any immediate queries relating to the Comms Provider event then please feel free to contact the FCS office on 020 8249 6363 or by sending us an email.
Comms Provider 09 took place on Thursday October 15th at Simmons & Simmons in Moorgate, London. Hosted by FCS and its membership the event featured three sessions covering National Developments and Mobile, Competition and finally, Fixed Telephony.
With a theme of 'The Rise of the Reseller' the event featured presentations from senior figures from the major industry organisations and bodies including a keynote speech from James Palmer, MD of Nine Telecom Group.
Telecoms market growth has been stimulated by the hundreds of companies servicing retail and business customers as CPs and resellers. With the expansion of broadband and applications and new Government and EC focus on communications services, 2009 is a pivotal time for the market. At CP09 the question was asked - what does it mean for the reseller?
The presentation slides featured at the event can be viewed by clicking on the title of the presentation you wish to view.
CP09 Programme:
10.00 Welcome and Introduction Jacqui Brookes
10.05-11.30 National developments & Mobile - chairman Itret Latif
10.05 Digital Britain - Sam Sharps, BIS
10.30 Totally Mobile - David Stewart, Ofcom
11.00 Trials of a new entrant mobile operator - Magnus Kelly, Mundio Mobile Ltd
11.20 Open forum
11.30 Refreshment break
11.45- 13.00 Competition - chairman Dave Dadds
11.45 Keynote: Rise of the Reseller- James Palmer, Nine Telecom
12.15 Migrations and the role of the OTA2 - Rod Smith & David Halliday, OTA2
12.35 Where is the competition coming from? - Dave Dadds, DRD Communications
12.50 CISAS - Neal Hawkely, IDRS
13.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Fixed telephony - chairman Ash Potter
14.00 Openreach update - Amy Chalfen, Openreach
14.30 Next Generation Access - Mark Logan, Openreach
14.50 Transition to WLR3- panel session
15.30 close and refreshments
Comms Provider 09 was sponsored by:
Strategic Imperatives
Singularity
Nine Telecom Group
Aurora Kendrick James
Vanilla IP
The Phone Co-op
Union Street
Media Partner: Comms Dealer
"The meeting place for all companies involved
in the fixed, IP, mobile and numbering communities."
Comms Provider 08
On the 16th October 2008, FCS and it's members hosted the
annual Comms Provider seminar: the event a chance to network and share information.
Comms Provider 08 featured three industry sector sessions. These are detailed below along with the presentations which formed those sessions. Please 'click' the title of the presentation to view the slides which acompanied it.
Mobile Market- session chaired by Jacqui Brookes, FCS CEO
10.05 Ofcom's Mobile Sector Assessment David Stewart - Competition Policy Director Ofcom
10.40 Reply from the Reseller Sector Vivian Woodell - MD The Phone Co-op
11.00 PhonepayPlus - Enforcement Perspective Mark Collins - Policy Executive PhonepayPlus
on Mobile Phone Paid Services
Competitive Communications Market -
session chaired by Dave Dadds, FCS VoIP Group chairman
11.30 Number Portability in the UK, What now? Dave Dadds - MD Vanilla IP
11.50 Voice Quality Broadband Panel
Panel Convenor Steve Bieniek - Sales Director VoIP Unlimited
Panel Adrian Sutherland - Griffin
Darren Farnden - Entanet
Carl Churchill - Murphx
Lance Spencer - Tiscali
12.25 Price Transparency -
0870 and Consumer Empowerment Will Goodall - MD FleXtel
12.45 Customers Matter
- telecommunications ombudsman Andrew Walker - Otelo
Fixed Telephony Market -
session chaired by Ash Potter, consultant and FSPA co-chairman
14.15 WLR - Looking Forward & Fibre Strategy Fergus Crockett - Openreach
14.45 Next Generation Voice Product Wolfgang Spinnler & Niall Tanner - BT Group
15.10 WLR3 Panel
Panel Convenor Ash Potter - Consultant
Panel Dave Curran - Openreach
Wail Sabbagh - Strategic Imperatives
Mark Timoney - Singularity
Steve Cresswell - Union Street
Stephen Camm - Nine Telecom
15.30 Champagne Draw Clive Hall, Welcome Telecom
Comms Provider 08 was sponsored by :
Kingston Communications
Singularity
Strategic Imperatives
Sentel Independent
Shaftesbury Systems
Switched-on
vanillaIP
Vangent
Welcome Telecom
Comms Provider 07 was held on Thursday 18 October 2007
Keynote speech from Peter Black on tackling industry problems and the work of OTA and NGNuk
click on each paper to see the presentation
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ACSP – focusing on industry governance in a highly divergent industry
FCS Numbering Group – highlighting the key issues which will affect CPs in very rapidly changing sector
FCS VoIP Group – looking at the different ways in which IP is now impacting the industry
FSPA – a session focusing on the undertakings and delivery of WLR3 followed by a panel discussion
Programme
Welcome and Introduction Jacqui Brookes, CEO of FCS
ACSP Update: Introduced by Itret Latif, Scottish & Southern Energy
Proposal on industry governance - Mark Knight, Scottish & Southern Energy
Keynote Speech:Industry self regulation and problem solving - Peter Black, OTA and NGNuk
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All Change in Numbering -Introduced and chaired by Kieron James of Zimo Communications
Ofcom’s PRS Review - Bradley Brady, Ofcom
PhonePayPlus and Regulation of 0871 - Paul Whiting, PhonePayPlus/ICSTIS
Number Portability - Michael Eagle, FCS
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Developments in IP Telephony - Introduced and chaired by Steve Bieniek of VoIP Unlimited
21CN and the Switched on campaign - Joe Kelly, BT Wholesale
Enum - Jay Daley, Nominet
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Delivering Equivalence - Introduced and chaired by Ash Potter, telecoms consultant
Ofcom’s review of the Undertakings - Chris Rowsell, Ofcom
Openreach two years on - Rob Sanders, Openreach
A CP Perspective - Colin Forward, Comms Factory
Followed by a Panel Discussion
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SPONSORS
Graydon UK Limited
KCOM
Oak Telecom
Strategic Imperatives
Tempest Technology
UK Telco (GB) Ltd
Vangent Plc
EXHIBITORS & EVENT SUPPORTERS
Ansaback
Club Communications
DRD Communications Ltd t/as VanillaIP
Intercall Europe Ltd
IPTEL Ltd
Panther Telecom Ltd
Servista Ltd
Shaftesbury Systems Ltd
Switched-on (BT)
Zimo Communications