The Federation of Communication Services- FCS - is the UK Trade Association for the communications services industry representing businesses delivering products and services to customers by radio, mobile, fixed and IP telephony. FCS was established in 1981 and is the stable force at the heart of the competitive and liberalised industry providing a voice for the competitive companies that deliver innovation into the UK market. The FCS website provides an invaluable source of information on all aspects of the industry, the work of the Trade Association, its objectives and the benefits of membership.

FCS What's Happening - CEO Blog

As our guest speaker at the FCS AGM said,  FCS can have influence and impact- this is a key job for FCS and it needs industry support.

FCS is the largest association supporting suppliers of communication services and is able to draw on a wide range of companies when conducting research of industry opinion to advise Government and regulators.

A major concern at the moment is that SPs, resellers and their significant base of SME customers are not at the forefront of policy to deliver voice and broadband services in the fibre world. The FCS NGA action group is taking this argument to BIS, Openreach and Ofcom. While Government policy is to ensure a competitive environment in telecoms, the reality is that the rush to fibre might inadvertently block out competition by creating a wires-only regime. Customers can only benefit from new services if they can easily move between suppliers- at the moment barriers such as fixed number portability processes are in the way.
Jacqui - jbrookes@fcs.org.uk

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