Office of Communications

Notification under section 107(6) of the Communications Act 2003

Proposal to give a direction applying the Electronic Communications Code to UK Broadband

1.	The Director-General of Telecommunications (the “Director”), in accordance with section 107(6) of the Communications Act 2003 (the “Act”), hereby makes the following proposal to give a direction under section 106(3) of the Act applying the Electronic Communications Code (the “Code”) to UK Broadband. The Director is able to exercise powers under the Act pursuant to section 408 of the Act and Article 3(1) of the Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003.
2.	The draft Direction and the accompanying explanatory statement setting out the Director’s reasons for the proposal are available at: www.ofcom.org.uk/legacy regulators/oftel/. Hard copies of the draft Direction and the explanatory statement will be made available on request. Please contact Christina Spyrelli on 020 7783 4312 or by sending an e-mail to christina.spyrelli(a)ofcom.org.uk.
3.	Representations on the proposal may be made to: Christina Spyrelli, Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA (telephone: 020 7783 4312, e-mail: christina.spyrelli@ofcom.org.uk) by not later than 21st January 2004.
4.	All confidential information should be clearly marked as such and separated out into a confidential annex. All representations received by Ofcom, with the exception of material marked confidential, will be published and made available for inspection in Ofcom’s Knowledge Centre. Please contact Jan Kacperek on 020 79813790 or by e-mail at jan.kacperek@ofeom.org.uk for further information with respect to public inspection.
5.	In this Notification, unless the contrary intention appears, words and phrases shall have the same meaning as in the Act.
6.	In this Notification, ‘UK Broadband” means UK Broadband Limited (registered company number 4713634). (Formerly known as Poundradio Limited).

Neil Buckley, Policy Project Director, a person authorised under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act 1984

Dated: 19th December 2003.