FCS News

The consultation on the draft Electronic Communications (security measures) Regulations and draft code of practice went live at 9:30am this morning. The consultation will last 10 weeks and close on 10 May, all consultation responses, and any questions on the...

Openreach have sent out requests for a simple view of how CPs in trial areas expect their Salisbury base to behave up to the point of WLR withdrawal in April 2023. It’s really important that CPs respond and submit a forecast so Openreach know that CPs are engaged and...

For the attention of Vehicle Installer and Conversion Companies, The current version of FCS 1362 has been in effect since 2016 and remains the basis for excellence in after-market installation theory and practice. In the time since its publication, much has changed...

FCS board met last week with Openreach CEO Clive Selley and Managing Director Katie Millgan. It was a very good session and we look forward to the next one in June 2022.

FCS have attended a meeting with DCMS and industry regarding the Telecomms Security Bill. The bill is now at the report stage in the House of Lords. The report stage gives all members of the Lords a further opportunity to examine and make amendments to the bill. After...

Update from Ofcom: Ofcom has today published its decision on a new fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) pricing offer that Openreach intends to introduce from 1 October 2021. Under our wholesale fixed telecoms market review rules, Openreach must notify us of certain offers 90...

FCS is proud to have our CEO Itret Latif as part of the judging panel for the UC Today Partner Awards 2021! View more information and the judging panel here

The Ofcom Statement with regards to switching is out today. Whilst we welcome the One Touch option, we have some concerns in relation to the delivery date of April 2023 and that there is still no decision on switching for business. View the Ofcom Statement here If you...

Please see a bulletin from Openreach below: Openreach Board Audit Risk & Compliance Committee (OBARCC) bulletin September 2021 The OBARCC is the Openreach Board committee responsible for monitoring Openreach’s regulatory compliance.  This is our tenth bulletin,...

FCS recently attended the first meeting to discuss the requirement of a central number data base for the future of porting. We are currently engaging on behalf of members with industry workgroups and will attend further workshops. We will be sending out a document...

We have been informed that a criminal hacking organisation calling themselves REvil appear to be carrying out sophisticated planned and organised distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against VoIP companies in the UK. Early reports indicate that at least a...

This month FCS had our board to board with Openreach. In a very interactive and constructive session we discussed the following topics on behalf of our members: ​ Re-imagining the FCS members' relationship with Openreach in the IP world, and the contact strategy with...

Ofcom is currently seeking views on the following topics: Consultation: Mobile phone repeaters – closing date 28 July 2021 Consultation: Proposals for the regulation of advertising on video-sharing platforms – closing date 28 July 2021 Consultation: Request for change...

The consultation is available to view on the below link. FCS are going to review and provide further comments in due course https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-new-pro-competition-regime-for-digital-markets 

Openreach and OTA have engaged with FCS on managed migrations. We have started a working group to look at the business journeys, which are much more complex than the residential journeys. ​ We will be starting some workshops to look in more detail at best practice and...

As communicated previously, FCS is engaging with Ofcom on its Mobile Strategy Review. Ofcom has now requested our members specific feedback and views on the provision of mobile services to business customers. This is a great opportunity for the FCS membership to input...

Openreach is proposing new FTTP pricing offers. FCS would like your feedback to enable us to respond to an Ofcom call for inputs View more information here Please send feedback to fcs@fcs.org.uk