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FCS COMMS PROVIDER 09 SPECIAL REPORT
FCS hails rise
Concerns over levy
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Free roaming between mobile
of the reseller
on
networks would also help to
eliminate ‘not spots’, areas with
� xed line rental
limited or no coverage for cus-
RESELLERS have voiced con- tomers, and speed up develop-
cerns that government plans to ment of mobile applications.
THE annual FCS Comms Provider introduce a 50p levy a month David Stewart, a Competi-
event brings CPs and resellers on fixed line rental agreements tion Policy Director at Ofcom
together with guest speakers from in order to fund extensions to with responsibility for the
Government, regulators and whole- the broadband network could mobile sector, confirmed to
sale suppliers. cost UK businesses thousands of delegates that an 18 month
Jacqui Brookes, FCS CEO, said: pounds a year. assessment of the mobile sec-
“Ten years ago we set up CAIG with The proposed charge, laid out tor has led him to believe that
eight companies struggling to make in the Department for Culture, further regulation of wholesale
use of calls and access products from Media and Sport’s Digital Britain access is not necessary.
BT. This has evolved into the FCS report in June, has the back- “We are not proposing
Jacqui Brookes
Fixed SP group of 150 leading pro- ing of the Trade Secretary, Lord to extend the access regula-
viders who host this conference. The message to Government Mandelson. tion into the mobile sector,” he
“CPs finding barriers in mobile and Ofcom from CP09 was... help It is expected to be intro- commented. “The fundamental
Sam Sharps
have migrated to fixed line where to facilitate this innovation, do not duced in the Digital Economy reason is that we believe that
the environment for resellers is put barriers in the way. Bill, which is scheduled to be and Skills, noted: “If you look market is delivering outcomes
more welcome.” “Access to networks and infra- read in November, although an at the average household spend which are equally good for con-
Brookes noted that CP09 cel- structure is crucial for the sustained early election could prevent it on telecommunications, it’s been sumers, and the most critical
ebrated the Rise of the Reseller. development of the reseller sector,” becoming law. coming down by more than £6 a evidence is the health of the
“Resellers demonstrate that entre- added Brookes. “The question we Sam Sharps of the Depart- year anyway. In absolute terms, MVNO sector.
preneurs and innovators find the posed throughout CP09 was, do ment for Business, Innovation it’s not a lot of money.” “When you see the complex-
best ways to get around problems. we need regulation to maintain the ity and depth of the MVNO
They challenge the status quo and vibrant reseller sector, or will this sector compared to regulated
succeed,” she commented. happen on its own?”
Openreach calls for sharp
and unregulated access abroad,
focus on transition to WLR3
we have what many people
CISAS to mediate between
aspire to. We have different
THE deadline for transition from could nevertheless be longer than business models and innovative
resellers & comms providers
WLR2 to WLR3 may not be resellers expect to complete. approaches without regulation.
for over 18 months, but resellers “June 2011 seems a long way Stewart revealed that the
CISAS, the Communications and gram it has been running for small who haven’t begun the process of away at the moment,” Kubbias ‘penny dropping moment’ for
Internet Services Adjudication business customers since 2003. transferring clients to new systems commented. “But it will creep up him was when he heard the
Scheme, has extended its mediation Neal Hawkley of IRDS, com- need to begin working on their quickly. For those resellers who concerns of a large MVNO.
and arbitration program to resellers mented: “There are a lot of oppor- strategy soon. aren’t on WLR3 at the moment, The MVNO swayed Stewart
for financial disputes with comms tunities for disputes along the sup- That’s according to Openreach’s there’s a certain amount of time with a plea, urging, ‘Whatever
providers of up to £200,000. ply chain, but at the moment you Head of Product Management for we need to get you set up with our you do, don’t regulate my sup-
The new program, called can only go to court, which is Fixed Voice and Broadband, Mark product establishment team.” plier, because every time I go
CISAS Plus, is administrated by expensive and very public. Kubbias, who told the audience “If you haven’t decided whether to renegotiate I have a different
the independent dispute resolution “We’ve opened up the scope at CP09 that while the process of you’re direct connecting or going list of requirements, and I have
company, IRDS, and is built on the of the service to cover any type of transition was much smoother than through a CPI, I would encourage a real grip on the discussion’.
telecommunications industry pro- communications dispute.” it had been initially, the time scale you to think about it soon.”
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