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 9 December 1993, Telecom Securicor Cellular Radio Limited (“O2”) on 22 March 1994, Mercury Personal Communications Limited (“T-Mobile”) on 9 May 1995, and Orange Personal Communications Limited (“Orange”) on 27 July 1995, collectively referred to hereinafter as the “MNOs’ licences”, for the running of telecommunications systems specified in the MNOs’ licences. 2. On 4 April 2003, the Director General of Telecommunications, in accordance with the powers conferred on him in 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 70 b (Control of Interconnection Charges (Fixed to Mobile)) and Condition 70 c (Control of Interconnection Charges (Mobile to Mobile)) were inserted after Condition 70 a in Park 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 70 a (Control of Interconnection Charges (Fixed to Mobile)) and Condition 70 b (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.