List of Oftel publications for 2002 in date order



	List of Oftel publications for 2002 in date order



			Contents Or scroll down the page to find the relevant publication(s) January Consultation on Oftel's review of the fixed telephony market - 31 January 2002 Effective competition review: dial-up Internet access - 29 January 2002 Consultation by the Director General of Telecommunications on amendments to the ST FRIACO Direction - 28 January 2002 Draft Direction under the provisions of Regulation 6(6) of the Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997 - 18 January 2002 Use of automatic calling equipment review - 18 January 2002 Oftel statement and direction on certain of BT's charges for Local Loop Unbundling distant and physical co-location - 18 January 2002 Draft Determination: Controlled Premium Rate Services - 11 January 2002 Developing a strategic approach to market information - 11 January 2002 Metering Systems and Billing Systems Approval Scheme Guide - 10 January 2002 Standard for telecommunications Metering Systems and Billing Systems - 10 January Draft Determination: Rollover of Control of Vodafone’s Interconnection Charges - 8 January 2002 Draft Determination: Rollover of Control of BT Cellnet's Interconnection Charges - 8 January 2002 Terms of Reference under section 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1984, Charges made by Orange and One 2 One for terminating calls - 7 January 2002 Terms of Reference under section 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1984, Charges made by Vodafone and BT Cellnet for terminating calls - 7 January 2002 February 2002 Final Determination of surcharges for the provision by BT of carrier pre-selection facilities - 22 February 2002 Consultation on Review of Adjustment Ratio for DLE FRIACO - 20 February 2002 Draft Direction of a dispute between Cable and Wireless C&W and BT over BT’s refusal to allow calls to NTS services to be excluded from its Retail Discounts - 19 February 2002 Draft Direction of a dispute between C&W and BT over BT’s average Premium Rate Service discounts - 19 February 2002 Determination: Rollover of Control of Interconnection Charges (Vodafone) - 12 February 2002 Determination: Rollover of Control of Interconnection Charges (BTCellnet) - 12 February 2002 Local loop unbundling - review of the charges for metallic path facilities and internal tie circuits - 11 February 2002 Quarterly research into business consumers' use of Internet, fixed line and mobile services - 11 February 2002 Determination: Controlled Premium Rate Services (Pricing) - 8 February 2002 Modification to all public telecommunications operator licences - controlled premium rate services - 8 February 2002 Determination and ICSTIS Code of Practice: Controlled Premium Rate Services - 8 February 2002 March Direction on Local Loop Unbundling – review of the charges for metallic path facilities and internal tie circuits - 28 March 2002 Effective competition review of number translation services - 27 March 2002 BT's regulatory obligations to provide advance notification of price changes and to maintain a published price list - 26 March 2002 Statement on competition in international markets - 26 March 2002 Draft Decisions and Explanatory Memorandum on the Director General's intention to remove the Determinations that Vodafone and BT Cellnet have Market Influence under Condition 56 of their respective Licences - 6 March 2002 Directions concerning termination rates payable by BT to Operators based reciprocally upon BT's own termination charges under the Network Charge Controls - 5 March 2002 Numbering Conventions for the UK - issue 4, 1 March 2002 Allocating Access Codes for Directory Enquiry Services - 1 March 2002 April Oftel surveys into residential consumer use of Fixed, Internet and Mobile services for February 2002 - research, 29 April 2002 Oftel's management plan 2002/3 - 18 April 2002 Imposing access obligations under the new EU Directives - 9 April 2002 Amended Direction of BT’s retail uplift charge for calls to operators’ number translation services from 1 April 2000 - 8 April 2002 Determinations to remove the determinations that Vodafone and BT Cellnet have Market Influence - 5 April 2002 Mobile international roaming research reports - 4 April 2002 Getting the best deal when using your mobile phone abroad - 4 April 2002 Direction of a dispute between C&W and BT over BT’s average Premium Rate Service discounts - 3 April 2002 Draft Direction of a dispute between Energis and BT concerning BT's method of calculating its NTS retail uplift charge since April 1997 - 3 April 2002 Notice of determination to remove BT's obligation to provide Number Translation Services - 2 April 2002 Frequently asked questions on the regulation of Voice over Internet Protocol services - 2 April 2002 May Determination of fixed portability costs and charges and statutory consultation on proposed modifications to BT's Licence to give effect to charge controls for portability - 31 May 2002 Direction over C&W's proposal that calls to C&W's NTS number ranges should be excluded from BT's Retail Discounts - 31 May 2002 BT's regulatory obligations to provide advance notification of price changes and to maintain a published price list - 30 May 2002 Oftel annual report - 23 May 2002 Draft determination: Metering arrangements - 22 May 2002 The general conditions of entitlement - 22 May 2002 Oftel statement on BT's marketing of Internet services and use of joint billing - 19 May 2002 Oftel statement on BT's marketing of Internet services and use of joint billing - 19 May 2002 Draft Direction under the provisions of Regulation 6(6) of the Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997 - 16 May 2002 Direction amending the requirements for provision of a Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination product - 15 May 2002 Notice of proposed Carrier Pre Selection Determination - 13 May 2002 The Oftel Formula Returns - 8 May 2002 The pricing of conditional access services and related issues - (statement) 8 May 2002 Oftel surveys into business consumer use of Fixed, Internet and Mobile services for February 2002 - research, 2 May 2002 June Consumer protection policy review guidelines, Regulatory option appraisals: assessing the impact of policy proposals, Guidelines on best practice use of Oftel's market research - 28 June 2002 Your rights and choices as a telephone customer, Oftel consumer guide - 28 June 2002 Designation of Oftel Standard OTR003:2001 - 28 June 2002 Determination: Metering arrangements - 28 June 2002 Getting the best deal when using your mobile phone in France - 27 June 2002 Draft Determination: Rollover of general price controls - 27 June 2002 Draft Direction under the provisions of Regulation 6(6) of the Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997 to resolve a dispute between Telewest and BT over interconnect charges for origination of calls to freephone numbers - 26 June 2002 Funds for liabilities: the way forward - 24 June 2002 Notice of a proposed Determination publication of representations received - 21 June 2002 Direction to resolve a dispute between BT, Energis and Thus concerning xDSL interconnection at the ATM switch - 21 June 2002 Statement on Oftel's review of the fixed telephony market - 20 June 2002 Key trends in fixed and mobile telephony, and the Internet - for business consumers and residential consumers - 17 June 2002 Consultation on proposals to change the framework for number portability - 14 June 2002 Phase 1 Direction to resolve a dispute concerning the provsion of partial private circuits - 14 June 2002 International benchmarking studies of Internet and broadband, mobile and fixed line services - 12 June 2002 Consumer complaints made to Oftel - 12 June 2002 Customer satisfaction survey with Oftel's complaint handling - 12 June 2002 Duct and pole sharing - 11 June 2002 Mobile network operators’ call success rate survey - 9 June 2002 July Draft Determination on costs and charges for permanent carrier pre-selection - 31 July 2002 Determination to remove BT's obligation to provide Number Translation Services (NTS) - 29 July 2002 Oftel surveys into business consumer use of Fixed, Internet and Mobile services for May 2002 - 29 July 2002 Oftel surveys into residential consumer use of Fixed, Internet and Mobile services for May 2002, 24 July 2002 Developing a strategic approach to market information: Conclusions from a review of Oftel's regular industry data collection – statement, 23 July 2002 Draft determination: Metering arrangements - 19 July 2002 Review of adjustment ratio for DLE FRIACO - Determination, 18 July 2002 Oftel's response to the Fourth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Session 2001-02 - statement, 17 July 2002 Direction pursuant to Condition 45.2 of the Public Telecommunications Licence granted to British Telecommunications plc and Regulation 6(6) of the Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997 - 15 July 2002 Statement and further consultation on inclusion of directory enquiries within the carrier pre-selection 'all calls' option - 9 July 2002 Draft Determination to remove BT's obligation to provide Number Translation Services - 1 July 2002 Oftel's Competition Act Strategy - statement, 1 July 2002 Getting the best deal when using your mobile phone in France - 1 July 2002 August Businesses’ use and opinion of special rate number allocation - 29 August 2002 Consumer Awareness of Premium Rate Services (PRS) - 29 August 2002 Premium Rate Services - Qualitative Research - 29 August 2002 Special rate numbers: Views of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses - 29 August 2002 Draft direction regarding the regulatory financial statements of BT - 21 August 2002 Direction to resolve a dispute between Telewest and BT over interconnect charges for origination of calls to freephone numbers - 14 August 2002 Draft Determination: Controlled Premium Rate Services - 9 August 2002 Final direction on LLU backhaul services - 8 August 2002 Oftel's market review guidelines: criteria for the assessment of significant market power - 5 August 2002 September The Oftel Price Assurance Standard - statement, 30 September 2002 Draft Direction of a dispute under Regulation 6(6) of the Interconnection Regulations 1997 - 23 September 2002 Fixed call origination & wholesale transit market review 2002/3 - 23 September 2002 Direction resolving a dispute between Energis and BT concerning BT's method of calculating its NTS retail uplift charge since April 1997 - 19 September 2002 Determination: Metering arrangements - 16 September 2002 Draft Determination under Condition 19.1 of all PTO licences - 13 September 2002 Consultation on draft guidelines for the interconnection of public electronic communications networks - 13 September 2002 Imposing access obligations under the new EU Directives - statement, 13 September 2002 Revisions to the Number Portability Functional Specification - 12 September 2002 Partial Private Circuits - Phase 2, a consultation on a Draft Direction - 10 September 2002 Oftel's consumer guides - How to access the Internet from home and How to get the best deal from your mobile phone service - 9 September 2002 Advance notice of proposed shorter consultation period for amendments to the FRIACO intelligent network charge - 4 September 2002 Propelling the broadband bandwagon Strategic policy research (pdf only, 2.5mb) - 4 September 2002 Final Determination on costs and charges for the provision of permanent carrier pre-selection - 2 September 2002 Proposal by the Director General of Telecommunications to revoke the Managed Network Services Direction dated 7 February 1996 - consultation, 2 September 2002 Draft Direction relating to disputes over termination charges for internationally originated calls to UK 0845 and 0870 numbers - 2 September 2002 October Draft direction relating to a dispute over BT's Transit Risk Review Supplemental Agreement - 31 October 2002 New 'Line and Calls' services - a consumer guide - 31 October 2002 Guidance for providers of publicly available telecoms services on the content and scope of a company code of practice to help customers to manage their bills and avoid disconnection - published by the Disconnections Steering Group, 25 October 2002 Directory enquiries and carrier pre-selection - statement, 24 October 2002 Oftel surveys into residential consumers use of Fixed, Internet and Mobile services for August 2002 - 24 October 2002 Oftel surveys into business consumer use of Fixed, Internet and Mobile services for August 2002 - 24 October 2002 Key trends in fixed and mobile telephony, and the Internet - for business consumers and residential consumers - 24 October 2002 Draft Determination under Condition 19.1 of all PTO licences - 22 October 2002 Terms of supply of conditional access: Oftel guidelines - guidelines, 22 October 2002 Mixing PSTN traffic on Partial Private Circuit infrastructure - 18 October 2002 Mobile Market Update - April-June 2002, October 2002 Oftel's race equality scheme - consultation, 15 October 2002 O2/T-Mobile 3G infrastructure sharing agreement: case COMP/C1/N.38.370, UK response (non-confidential/public) to the Commission's notice pursuant to Article 19(3) of the Council Regulation No. 17 - 10 October 2002 Guidelines on the essential requirements for network security and integrity and criteria for restriction of access to the network - statement, 9 October 2002 Guidelines on the essential requirements for network security and integrity - 9 October 2002 Criteria for the restriction of access to and use of the fixed public telephone system on the grounds of network security or integrity - 9 October 2002 An overview of the fixed telephone emergency services (999/112) - 9 October 2002 Advance notice of a proposed shorter consultation on mixing of PSTN traffic over PPC infrastructure - 2 October 2002 November Publication scheme under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - 29 November 2002 Direction regarding the regulatory Financial Statements of British Telecommunications plc - 27 November 2002 Review of SIM-locking policy - 26 November 2002 Draft Direction relating to BT credit vetting procedures - 21 November 2002 Wholesale line rental - consultation, 14 November 2002 Direction over the transit of calls by CWC to certain NTS number ranges on the BT netork - 8 November 2002 Direction under Regulation 6(6) of the Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997 relating to disputes between British Telecommunications plc ("BT") and 90 licensed operators ("the Operators") over termination charges for internationally originated calls to UK 0845 and 0870 numbers - 4 November 2002 Dispute resolution under the new EU Directives: A consultation by Oftel and the Radiocommunications Agency - 4 November 2002 December Partial Private Circuits, Phase Two - a Direction to resolve a dispute - 23 December 2002 Oftel confirms payphone policy - 20 December 2002 Proposals to change the framework for number portability, statement - 20 December 2002 Oftel's Draft Management Plan 2003/4 - 18 December 2002 Consumer protection policy review guidelines - 18 December 2002 A guide to the new regulatory framework for service providers - guidelines, 18 December 2002 Local loop unbundling: Co-mingling, partitioning at BT exchanges - 11 December 2002 Consumer complaints made to Oftel, issue 6 - 11 December 2002 Customer satisfaction with Oftel's complaint handling, Wave 2, November 2002 - research, 11 December 2002 The new 118 directory enquiry services consumer guide - 9 December 2002 Mobile network operators’ call success rate survey - 9 December 2002 International benchmarking study of Internet access (dial-up and broadband) - 6 December 2002 International benchmarking study of mobile services - 6 December 2002 Extended deadline for representations on Oftel's Marketing Statement - 5 December 2002 Draft Direction relating to a dispute between Energis plc and BT over BT's rearrangement charges - 4 December 2002 Oftel's Welsh Language Scheme - 3 December 2002