Contents

• About Oftel
• Broadcasting
• Competition
• Consumer issues
• Fair trading
• Information and feedback
• Information superhighway and future services
• Licensing
• Local loop unbundling
• Numbering
• Pricing and price control
• Technical
• Relevant publications from UK and other Government departments
• Oftel responses to UK and other Government consultations

About Oftel

• Oftel Stakeholder discussion document - Developing a long term strategy to achieve the best deal for telecoms customers (11/99)
• Statement by Oftel, OFGEM, OFWAT, ORR and OFREG on joint working - (10/99)
• What do you think of Oftel's website? - Evalution questionnaire (09/99)
• Oftel's Management Plan for 1999/2000 - statement (05/99)
• Draft Management Plan for 1999/2000 - Consultation Document (02/99)
• Guide to Oftel

Broadcasting

• SSSL as a Regulated Supplier - (11/99)
• Draft Guidelines on Regulated Supplier determinations - (07/99)
• Digital television and interactive services (statement) and The pricing of conditional access and access control services (guidelines) - (05/99)
• Bundling of television and telephony: A joint consultation document between Oftel and ITC - available on ITC website (04/99)
• Oftel’s response to the UK Green Paper - Regulating communications: approaching convergence in the information age - Response (01/99)

Competition

• A Review of the Telephone Equipment Direction - Consultation Document (12/99)
• Rollover of BT's existing retail price and network charge controls - Statement (12/99)
• Determination under the Provisions of Regulation 6 (6) of the Telecommunications (interconnection) Regulations 1997 of a dispute between Intelligent Network Management Services (UK) Ltd and BT Cellnet - Determination (12/99)
• Determination under the Provisions of Regulation 6 (6) of the Telecommunications (interconnection) Regulations 1997 of a dispute between Intelligent Network Management Services (UK) Ltd and Vodafone - Determination (12/99)
• National Leased Lines - Further statement (11/99)
• The EC Numbering Directive - Requirements for Carrier Pre-Selection  - joint DTI/Oftel Consultation Document (11/99)
• Competition in International Markets - Consultation Document (11/99)
• Notice of determinations that Vodafone and BTCellnet have Market Influence under Condition 56 - Consultation Document (11/99)
• Reply to the Trade and Industry Committee’s Tenth Report on Electronic Commerce By Oftel - (10/99)
• Oftel Statement on Mobile Virtual Network Operators - Statement (10/99)
• National Roaming; revised version - Statement (10/99)
• National Roaming - Statement (07/99)
• Draft Guidelines on Regulated Supplier determinations - (07/99)
• Guidelines on Interconnection and Interoperability - (07/99)
• Oftel's review of the mobile market - Statement (07/99)
• Mobile Virtual Network Operators: Oftel inquiry into what MVNOs could offer consumers - Consultation Document (06/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 12) - (4/99)
• Access to 2nd Generation mobile networks for new entrant 3rd Generation mobile operators - Consultation Document (05/99)
• Rights and obligations to interconnect under the EC Interconnection Directive - Statement (04/99)
• Interconnection charges for pay-as-you-go Internet services tariffed at local rate +1p - Statement (03/99)
• Mercury’s Well Established Operator status in the markets for international retail services and for international services to other operators - Statement (02/99)
• Implementation of Carrier Pre-Selection in the UK - statement (02/99)
• Competition in the mobile market - Consultation Document (02/99)
• Customer choice: Oftel's review of indirect access for mobile networks - Consultation Document (02/99)
• Determination that BT has interface control with regard to new interface specifications relating to telephony services provided over the telephony and ISDN networks - Determination (01/99)
• Draft guidelines on the application of the Competition Act in the telecommunications sector - (01/99)
• National Leased Lines in the UK - summary of Oftel's investigation - Statement (01/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 18) - (11/00)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 17) - (08/00)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 16) - (06/00)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 15) - (03/00)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 14) - (11/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 13) - (08/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 12) - (04/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 11) - (01/99)

Consumer issues

• Consumer complaints made to Oftel - (12/99)
• Comparable Performance Indicators
• Mobile network phone companies survey of successful call rates: April-June 1999 - (10/99)
• Proposed New Dispute Resolution Procedures for Fixed Telecommunications - Consultation document (09/99)
• Proposals for publishing information on complaints received by Oftel - Statement (09/99)
• Notification of invitation to tender for the comparable performance indicators (CPI) publication contract - (08/99)
• Oftel & ICSTIS Joint Consultation Paper on the Regulation of Premium Rate Services - (08/99)
• Oftel publishes new guidance on recording of telephone conversations - Press release and circular (08/99)
• Universal Telecommunication Servcies - Consultation (07/99)
• Responses to the Oftel Statement on Provision of Directory Information Services and Products published on 25 September 1998 - statement (05/99)
• Beating the Bug - Making sure your phone equipment is ready for the Year 2000 - leaflet (05/99)
• Small Business Task Force Bulletin - Issue 1 (05/99)
• Payphone regulation in the UK – the way forward  - Oftel’s conclusions for payphone regulation in the UK - Statement (03/99)
• Directory Information Services and Products - Code of Practice on the Use of Directory Information - (02/99)
• Towards better telecoms for customers 1998 progress report - Market Research Report (02/99)
• Independent assessment of competing network performance of all 4 UK GSM personal communication networks - survey (02/99)

Fair trading

• BT’s 100% ownership of BTCellnet - Accounting Separation and Competition Issues - Consultation Document (11/99)
• Oftel Statement: Amendments to the procedural notes of the advisory body on fair trading in telecommunications - Statement (06/99)
• Proposed amendments to the procedural notes of the advisory body on fair trading in telecommunications - Consultation Document (04/99)
• Draft Guidelines on Market Influence determinations - Consulation (04/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 14) - (11/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 13) - (08/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 12) - (4/99)
• Competition Bulletin (Issue 11) - (1/99)

Information and feedback

• Statement by Oftel, OFGEM, OFWAT, ORR and OFREG on joint working - (10/99)
• Mobile network phone companies survey of successful call rates: April-June 1999 - (10/99)
• Notification of invitation to tender for the comparable performance indicators (CPI) publication contract - (08/99)
• Oftel’s response to the DTI/DCMS statement - regulating communications: the way ahead - (08/99)
• Details about Oftel's Price Control Review public hearings - (08/99)
• Table of international accounting rates - (08/99)
• Network incident at Gloucester - 12 May 1998 - (02/99)
• Oftel tenders for the running of an opt-out scheme for unsolicited direct marketing calls and faxes - (02/99)

Information superhighway and future services

• An international comparison of the cost of using the Internet - (12/99)
• Access to Bandwidth: Delivering Competition for the Information Age - Statement (11/99)
• Pricing of Calls to the Internet: Possible initiatives to bring about more appropriate and flexible tariffs - Discussion Document (11/99)
• Connecting public institutions - BT's Public Institutions Internet Caller Service - Consultation Document (11/99)
• Trade and Industry Select Committee: Inquiry into Electronic Commerce - Additional Memorandum by Oftel (06/99)
• Memorandum by Oftel for Trade and Industry Select Committee: Inquiry into Electronic Commerce - (03/99)

Licensing

• Notice under Section 12 (2) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 proposed modifications of the licence of British Telecommunications (BT) PLC - Notice (12/99)
• Revised licence fee regime - Statement (08/99)
• Oftel & ICSTIS Joint Consultation Paper on the Regulation of Premium Rate Services - (08/99)
• BT/AT&T proposed joint venture - Consultation Document (06/99)
• Access to 2nd Generation mobile networks for new entrant 3rd Generation mobile operators - Consultation Document (05/99)
• BT’s maritime radio services - Consultation Document (04/99)
• Rights and obligations to interconnect under the EC Interconnection Directive - Statement (04/99)
• CWC - consent to non-publication of backhaul tariffs - (02/99)

Local loop unbundling

• Access to Bandwidth: Delivering Competition for the Information Age - Statement (11/99)
• Access to bandwidth:   Proposals for action - Consultation (07/99)

Numbering

• Freephone Numbering - Statement (12/99)
• Numbering Directive: Number Portability Requirements - Consultation Document (joint with DTI) (10/99)
• The Big Number - Your questions answered - (09/99)
• Developing Numbering Administration and Freephone Numbering - Statement (05/99)
• Response by Oftel to the Fifth Trade and Industry Select Committee Report on Telephone Numbering - (04/99)

For further information on numbering, please visit the Numbering Information page.

Pricing and price control

• Rollover of BT's existing retail price and network charge controls - Statement (12/99)
• Relationship between Interconnection Charges and Retail Prices for Number Translation Services - Statement (12/99)
• Direction concerning BT's Number Translation Service (NTS) Conveyance - (11/99)
• Mobile Price Monitoring - Consultation document (09/99)
• Details about Oftel's Price Control Review public hearings - (08/99)
• Determination under Condition 13.40 of BT's licence relating to BT's Customised Phonebooks product - (07/99)
• Price Control Review: Future Developments in the Competitiveness of UK Telecommunications Markets - Consultation (07/99)
• Rollover of existing retail price and network charge controls - Consultation Document (05/99)
• Determination of final charges for BT’s standard services from 1 April to 30 September 1997 - Determination (04/99)
• Interconnection charges for pay-as-you-go Internet services tariffed at local rate +1p - Statement (03/99)
• Revised Network Charge Control Guidelines on BT's International Direct Dial pricing - (03/99)
• Oftel Consultation Paper on the Relationship between Retail Prices and Interconnection Charges for Number Translation Services - Consultation Document (03/99)
• CWC - consent to non-publication of backhaul tariffs - (02/99)
• The Telephone Bill of a "Typical" Residential Customer - (02/99)

Technical

• Independent verification of Year 2000 readiness process for the telecommunications sector  a report by WS Atkins (Executive summary only) - 23 April 1999
• Presentation numbers the development of Calling Line Identification services in the UK - Consultation Document (03/99)

Relevant publications from UK and other Government departments

• Statement by Oftel, OFGEM, OFWAT, ORR and OFREG on joint working - (10/99)

Oftel responses to UK and other Government consultations

• Reply to the Trade and Industry Committee’s Tenth Report on Electronic Commerce By Oftel - (10/99)
• Oftel’s response to the DTI/DCMS statement - regulating communications: the way ahead - (08/99)
• Trade and Industry Select Committee: Inquiry into Electronic Commerce - Additional Memorandum by Oftel (06/99)
• Memorandum by Oftel for Trade and Industry Select Committee: Inquiry into Electronic Commerce - (03/99)
• Oftel’s response to the UK Green Paper - Regulating communications: approaching convergence in the information age - Response (01/99)