Telecommunications

NOTICE OF MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS

OPERATORS LICENCES

1.	The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has granted licences under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (the “Act”) to Vodafone Limited (“Vodafone”) on 9th December 1993, Telecom Securicor Cellular Radio Limited (“02”) on 22nd March 1994, Mercury Personal Communications Limited (“T-Mobile”) on 9th May 1995, and Orange Personal Communications Limited (“Orange”) on 27th July 1995, collectively referred to hereinafter as the “MNOs’ licences”, for the running of telecommunications systems specified in the MNOs’ licences;
2.	On 4th April 2003, the Director General of Telecommunications, in accordance with the powers conferred on him accordance with section 15(3) of the Act, made the following modifications to Schedule 1 to each of the MNOs’ licences as follows:
i. in the case of the licences of Vodafone and O2, Condition 70B (Control of Interconnection Charges (Fixed to Mobile)) and Condition 70C (Control of Interconnection Charges (Mobile to Mobile) were inserted after Condition 70A in Part K of Schedule 1 to these licences; and
ii. in the case of the licences of T-Mobile and Orange, a new Part K entitled “Control of Interconnection Charges” containing Condition 70A (Control of Interconnection Charges (Fixed to Mobile)) and Condition 70B (Control of Interconnection Charges (Mobile to Mobile) were inserted after Part J of Schedule 1 to these licences.
3.	Copies of these modifications can be obtained from R&IU, Oftel, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ, England.