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

This will be my last year with FCS as I shall be retiring from the FCS in the summer. It has been a roller coaster lifestyle helping an industry that is either fully in the spotlight or sometimes overlooked when important decisions are made.
A vibrant market needs the ingenuity and innovation that smaller players and new entrants provide and regulators should not dismiss this important sector when developing their policies. I predict that in the next decade the mantra of infrastructure competition will have faded away as economic reality strikes and big capacity resilient fat pipes of fibre or spectrum will be in place offering indirect access to a market dependent on communication services and competing retail suppliers.
No doubt our regulator will also evolve in the years to come to focus purely on economic regulation, shedding non central services and working with industry in an effective co-regulatory framework, with the trade association at the centre.
Finally thanks to all the dedicated industry volunteers and FCS staff who form the community of FCS that will grow even stronger in the future. I look forward to seeing you all once more at the FCS AGM on 21 June. The FCS board is now seeking a new enthusiastic and visionary CEO- to apply please visit the jobs section onour website.

Jacqui- jbrookes@fcs.org.uk