List of Oftel publications for 2003 in date order



	List of Oftel publications for 2003 in date order



			Please note that from 21 November, all new press releases will only be available on Ofcom's website - www.ofcom.org.uk Contents Or scroll down the page to find the relevant publication(s) January Final Direction relating to a dispute between Energis plc and BT over BT's rearrangement charges - 30 January 2003 Oftel's policy review of two-part charging – 27 January 2003 A dispute between BT and Vodafone regarding wholesale connections between BT's and Vodafone's networks – 24 January 2003 Network incident at Southampton, 25th April 2002 – 22 January 2003 The Competition Commission's report on the charges made by mobile operators for terminating calls – 22 January 2003 Director General's statement on the Competition Commission's report on mobile termination charges – 22 January 2003 Draft Direction relating to a dispute between Cable and Wireless UK (C&W) and British Telecommunications Plc (BT) over the provision of overflow capacity for DQ118 traffic - 20 January 2003 A Direction relating to a dispute over BT's Transit Risk Review Supplemental Agreement - 16 January 2003 Access Network Frequency Plan (ANFP) for BT's Metallic Access Network: Statement, 13 January 2003 Special fee Determination - 13 January 2003 Draft Direction regarding BT's NTS discounts for calls to 0844 and 0871 numbers with effect from 1 October 2002 -3 January 2003 Draft direction resolving a dispute between Cable & Wireless Communications (Mercury) Limited ('C&W') and British Telecommunications plc ('BT') over a bad debt surcharge relating to calls to Premium Rate Services - 3 January 2003 Draft amended Direction resolving a dispute between Energis and BT concerning BT's method of calculating its NTS retail uplift charge since April 1997 - 3 January 2003 Draft re-amended Direction of BT’s retail uplift charge for calls to operators’ number translation services from 1 April 2000 - 3 January 2003 Draft direction of BT's NTS Retail Uplift Charge for calls to operators' number translation services from 1 April 2001 - 3 January 2003 February Dispute resolution under the new EU Directives - a statement by Oftel and the Radiocommunications Agency - 28 February 2003 Draft Direction relating to a dispute between BT and C&W; Easynet; Energis; NTL and Wavecrest over the withdrawal of overflow facilitiies from NTS traffic - 25 February 2003 Local loop unbundling: Direction on charges for Power at BT exchanges – Issued by the Director General of Telecommunications – 25 February 2003 Direction of a dispute between BT and the Operators listed in schedule 2 regarding BT's Credit Vetting Supplemental Agreement - 20 February 2003 Statement by the Director General of Telecommunications on the Provisional Order issued against BT on 10 February 2003 – 19 February 2003 The Competition Commission's report on the charges made by mobile operators for terminating calls (full report) - 18 February 2003 Draft guidelines for Customer Line Identification Display Services and other related services over Electronic Communications Networks – a consultation – 17 February 2003 A Study into Certain Aspects of the Cost of Capital for the Regulated Utilities in the UK– 13 February 2003 Implementation of the Authorisation Directive's provisions on notification and fees - consultation - 10 February 2003 Provisional Order under Section 16 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 – 10 February 2003 March Notice under section 17 of the Telecommunications Act in relation to 1st Rate Telecom - 31 March 2003 Direction regarding BT’s NTS Discounts for calls to 0844 and 0871 numbers with effect from 1 October 2002 – 28 March 2003 Direction of BT's Retail Uplift charge for calls to operators' Number Translation Services from 1 April 2001 - 28 March 2003 Amended Direction concerning BT's method of calculating its NTS Retail Uplift charge since April 1997 - 28 March 2003 Re-amended Direction of BT's Retail Uplift charge for calls to operators' number translation services from 1 April 2000 - 28 March 2003 Direction to resolve a dispute between Cable & Wireless UK and British Telecommunications plc BT over a bad debt surcharge relating to calls to Premium Rate Services - 28 March 2003 Corporate Numbering: a new option for businesses, consultation – 28 March 2003 Proposals for the collection of licence fees for the period from 1st April 2003 to 24th July 2003, statement - 25 March 2003 The Oftel Metering and Billing Direction, consultation - 24 March 2003 Frequently asked questions (FAQs) by Internet service providers about the new regulatory framework, Version 1:0 – 24 March 2003 Proposals to publish a National Telephone Numbering Plan, consultation - 24 March 2003 Changes to the number portability functional specification to meet the new regulatory regime, consultation - 24 March 2003 Direction relating to a dispute between Cable and Wireless and BT over the provision of overflow capacity for DQ118 traffic – 20 March 2003 Draft Determination relating to Metering arrangements - 19 March 2003 Review of Fixed Narrowband Retail markets, consultation - 17 March 2003 Review of the wholesale unmetered narrowband Internet termination market, consultation - 17 March 2003 Review of the fixed narrowband wholesale exchange line, call origination, conveyance and transit markets, consultation - 17 March 2003 Review of the wholesale international services markets and related remedies, consultation - 17 March 2003 Review of fixed geographic call termination markets, consultation - 17 March 2003 Notification of proposals for the designation of universal service providers - consultation - 12 March 2003 Wholesale Line Rental: Oftel's conclusions - statement - 11 March 2003 The Future use of Legay Directory Enquiry Numbers - consultation –10 March 2003 Oftel's race equality scheme – statement issued by the Director General of Telecommuncations – 6 March 2003 A consultation on charges for Emergency Service (999) calls – 5 March 2003 Frequently asked questions (FAQs) by service providers about the new regulatory framework – Version 1:3 March 2003 – 3 March 2003 Numbering Conventions for the United Kingdom - Issue 5: 3 March 2003 Opening up the Premium Rate Services ("PRS") Range ‘0904’statement - 3 March 2003 April Review of the wholesale Broadband access market, consultation – 28 April 2003 Statement on fixed narrowband market reviews - narrowband and broadband services – 28 April 2003 Oftel's draft statement of policy on information gathering under section 142 of the Communications Act 2003 - 24 April 2003 Draft direction of a dispute concerning BT's retention for the origination of calls to DQ118 services - 24 April 2003 Carrier pre-selection 'save' and 'cancel other' activity, Draft Direction -17 April 2003 Direction relating to a dispute between BT and C&W; Easynet; Energis; NTL and Wavecrest over the withdrawal of overflow facilities from NTS traffic – 17 April 2003 Public Payphones – implementation of universal service obligations – 15 April 2003 Review of competition: mobile access and call origination, consultation- 11 April 2003 Review of the leased lines markets, consultation - 11 April 2003 Assessing potential consumer savings – consultation – 8 April 2003 Reviews of dispute procedure schemes: Draft guidelines issued by the Director General of Telecommunications - 4 April 2003 Intelligent Network (IN) Charge for DLE and ST FRIACO, a consultation – 4 April 2003 The Granting of the Electronic Communications Code by Oftel – consultation – 2 April 2003 Oftel management plan 2003-04 - 1 April 2003 May Determination: Metering arrangements – 29 May 2003 End-to-end connectivity, Guidance issued by the Director General of Telecommunications – 27 May 2003 Guidelines for the interconnection of public electronic communications networks, a statement – 23 May 2003 Financial reporting obligations in SMP markets, a consultation on accounting separation and cost accounting - 22 May 2003 Implementation of the Authorisation Directive's provisions on notifications and fees - 21 May 2003 Final Order under section 16 of the Telecommunications Act 1984, Condition 21.3 of 1st Rate Telecom's Licence - 21 May 2003 Review of mobile wholesale voice call termination markets - 15 May 2003 National Roaming condition, consultation - 15 May 2003 Oftel annual report - 14 May 2003 Oftel Review 1984-2003, Creating competition and choice - 14 May 2003 Frequently asked questions (FAQs) by service providers about the new regulatory framework – Version 2 – 13 May 2003 Opening up the Premium Rate Services ("PRS") Range '0908' - Statement, 7 May 2003 Numbering Conventions for the United Kingdom - Issue 6: 7 March 2003 A User's Guide to Numbering - 7 May 2003 June Direction to resolve a dispute concerning BT's retention for the origination of calls to DQ118 services - 27 June 2003 Statement of policy on the persistent misuse of an electronic communications network or electronic communications service - consultation, 26 June 2003 Application Forms for Telephone Numbers, Draft Direction - 25 June 2003 Emergency Planning - Draft direction - 24 June 2003 Dispute between BT and Vodafone regarding wholesale connections between BT's and Vodafone's networks (radio base station backhaul circuits) - Direction 24 June 2003 Statement on charges for emergency service (999) calls – statement, 23 June 2003 BT's Retail Uplift charge for calls to operators' Number Translation Services from 1 April 2001 - amended direction - 20 June 2003 Consumer complaints made to Oftel - the telecoms industry regulator - 19 June 2003 Customer satisfaction with Oftel's complaint handling - Wave 3, April 2003 - 19 June 2003 Notice of intention to issue final order in relation to Komtel's use of automatic calling equipment - 17 June 2003 Conditions regulating Premium Rate Services – consultation, 12 June 2003 Approval of a text relay service, a consultation – 12 June 2003 Indirect access dispute between BT and Cable and Wireless – Draft Direction for consultation – 11 June 2003 Draft Direction in respect of two disputes relating to Vodafone's Credit Vetting Clause – 5 June 2003 The future regulation of conditional access – 5 June 2003 International benchmarking study of Internet, mobile and fixed services – 4 June 2003 The Future Use of Legacy Directory Enquiry Numbers: a Statement - 3 June 2003 July Oftel's latest quarterly research into business use of fixed and Internet services – Q13 May – published 31 July 2003 Oftel's latest quarterly research into residential consumers' use of fixed and mobile telephony and Internet – Q13 May 2003 – published 31 July 2003 Qualitative research into large business' use of telecoms - 31 July 2003 The definition of 'relevant activity' for the purposes of administrative charging - 29 July 2003 Oftel's statement of policy on information gathering under Section 145 of The Communications Act 2003 – 25 July 2003 The regulation of conditional access, setting of regulatory conditions - 24 July 2003 Statement and Direction – Application Forms for Telephone Numbers - 24 July 2003 Continuation notices relating to continued conditions in individual telecommunications licences - 24 July 2003 Continuation notices relating to continued conditions in class licences - 23 July 2003 The General Conditions of Entitlement - 22 July 2003 Approval of a text relay service - 22 July 2003 The Oftel Metering and Billing Direction - 22 July 2003 Designation of BT and Kingston as universal service providers, and the specific universal service conditions - 22 July 2003 Public payphones: implementation of universal service obligations - 22 July 2003 The Number Portability Functional Specification - 22 July 2003 The National Telephone Numbering Plan - 22 July 2002 BT's Retail Uplift charge for calls to operators' Number Translation Services from 1 April 2001 - amended direction - published on 22 July 2003 Direction on the Intelligent Network (IN) Charge for DLE and ST FRIACO - 21 July 2003 Final order in relation to Komtel's use of automatic calling equipment - 18 July 2003 Getting the best deal when using your mobile phone in France - 18 July 2003 Direction in respect of two disputes relating to Vodafone's credit vetting clause – 17 July 2003 Indirect access dispute between BT and Cable and Wireless, a Direction – 15 July 2003 Proposed requirement on dominant providers to publish Key Performance Indicators - 11 July 2003 Competition Act investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices by BT in relation to its BT Broadband Product - 11 July 2003 Oftel Metering and Billing Direction, statement – 9 July 2003, published 10 July 2003 The Number Portability Functional Specification - 9 July 2003 The National Telephone Numbering Plan, statement - 9 July 2003 The General Conditions of Entitlement - Final statement - 9 July 2003 Carrier pre-selection 'save' and 'cancel other' activity - Direction, 8 July 2003 Consultation on continuing licence conditions after 25 July 2003 - 3 July 2003 Explanatory note to Oftel’s welfare calculation - 1 July 2003 August Statement of policy on the persistent misuse of an electronic communications network or electronic communications service - 28 August 2003 Guidelines for the provision of Calling Line Identification Facilities - 28 August 2003 Wholesale unmetered narrowband Internet termination services, Identification and analysis of markets, Determination of market power and setting of SMP conditions, Explanatory Statement and Notification, UK excluding Hull area market, Hull area – 26 August 2003 Wholesale International Services markets, Identification and analysis of markets, Determination of market power and setting of SMP conditions, Explanatory Statement and Notification – 26 August 2003 Review of the fixed narrowband wholesale exchange line, call origination, conveyance and transit markets, Identification and analysis of markets, determination of market power and setting of SMP conditions, Explanatory Statement and Notification – 26 August 2003 – Summary-Chapter 17, Chapter 18-Glossary Fixed Narrowband Retail Services Market Identification and analysis of markets, Determination of market power and Setting of SMP conditions, Explanatory statement and notification – 26 August 2003 Review of fixed geographic call termination markets, Proposals for the identification and analysis of markets, determination of market power and setting of SMP conditions, Explanatory Statement and Notification – 26 August 2003 Statement and Direction - Emergency Planning - 19 August 2003 Consumer codes of practice - guidelines and implementation - 15 August 2003 Frequently asked questions (FAQs) by Internet service providers about the new regulatory framework, Version 1:1 - 13 August 2003 Broadband - a consumer guide - 11 August 2003 Mobile phone number portability and SIM unlocking research - Mystery shopping project - 7 August 2003 Mobile access and call origination services market, consultation - 4 August 2003 Reviews of dispute procedure schemes - 4 August 2003 A General Demand for Information Published by the Director General of Telecommunications - 1 August 2003 Oftel's use of public consultation under the new EU Directives - 1 August 2003 September Proposal that Condition 43, will cease to have effect in respect of Telex, International Facilities, IPLCs, Featurenet, International Featurenet and certain other Virtual Private Network services - 26 September 2003 0845 and 0870 numbers: Review of retail price and numbering arrangements - 26 September 2003 Explanatory statement on continuing licence conditions after 25 July - 10 September 2003 Review of competition: broadcasting transmission services - consultation, 9 September 2003 Policy review of two-part charging - statement, 1 September 2003 October Statement that Condition 43, which is a continued provision of the continuation notices given to BT and to Kingston, will cease to have effect from 4 November 2003 - 31 October 2003 International benchmarking study of Internet services and annex - 27 October 2003 Oftel's latest quarterly research into residential consumers' use of fixed and mobile telephony and Internet services - Q14 August 2003 - published 27 October 2003 Oftel's latest quarterly research into business use of Internet services - Q14 August 2003 - published 27 October 2003 Notification of a proposal to modify the definition of "Relevant Data Protection Legislation" in (1) the general conditions of entitlement and (2) the designation of universal service providers - 24 October 2003 Draft Guidelines on how an operator might assess the cover it requires in order to satisfy the Director that sufficient funds are available to meet its liabilities - 23 October 2003 BT's pricing of services for business customers - consultation, 15 October 2003 Funds for liabilities - statement, 15 October 2003 The Granting of the Electronic Communications Code by the Director General of Telecommunications - 10 October 2003 Revised statement of charing principles - 10 October 2003 Notification under section 107 (2) of the Commnications Act 2003 - 10 October 2003 Notification under section 108 (4) of the Commnications Act 2003 - 10 October 2003 Mobile cccess and call origination market, statement - 3 October 2003 Statement on Oftel and ICSTIS meeting with The Number - 2 October 2003 Discontinuing licence conditions continued after 25 July 2003 - consultation, 2 October 2003 November Draft Determination under Section 190 of the Communications Act 2003 and draft Direction under Regulation 6(6) of the Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997 for resolving a dispute between Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd ('Orange') and British Telecommunications plc ('BT') concerning the cost sharing arrangements for Customer Sited Interconnect ('CSI') links connection and rental charges - 19 November 2003 Reporting Quality of Service Information to Consumers - 19 November 2003 Wholesale International Services markets - 18 November 2003 Evaluation of Directory Enquiries services - 17 November 2003 The future regulation of access control services - consultation, 14 November 2003 Discontinuing licence conditions, statement - 13 November 2003 Notification of Contravention of General Condition 1.2 under Section 94 of the Communications Act 2003 - 7 November 2003 Discontinuing regulation: mobile access and call origination market, statement and discontinuation notices – 4 November 2003 Voice over IP - updated questions and answers - 4 November 2003 Competition Act investigation into disconnection of Floe Telecom limited's services by Vodafone limited - 3 November 2003 December