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Responses to the Public Wireless Networks – Exemption Of User Stations consultation document |
The Radiocommunications Agency (RA) launched a consultation exercise on 4 November 2002 to seek views on the following proposals:
Proposal 1: Amending the definition of “User Station” to cover any customer of a licenced public network, irrespective of its fixed or mobile status; and
Proposal 2 : Whether the restriction on the type of service that may be provided via network User Stations be withdrawn.
The consultation exercise closed on 21 February 2003 and a total of 33 responses were received. The respondents and their responses are listed below. Some responses have been marked as confidential and as such will not be published.
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| 1. | The
Association Of Communication Service Providers (ACSP) |
| 2. | Barnabus
Communications |
| 3. | BT
plc |
| 4. | Cable
& Wireless |
| 5. | Centrica. (Confidential). Details requested to be withheld. |
| 6. | Colt
Communications |
| 7. | Comprador
Communications Limited
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| 8. | Confidential response. All details requested to be withheld. |
| 9. | Confidential response. All details requested to be withheld. |
| 10. | Confidential response. All details requested to be withheld. |
| 11. | Energis
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| 12. | Ericsson
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| 13. | Gamma
Telecom |
| 14. | HM Customs and Excise (Confidential). Details requested to be withheld. |
| 15. | The Home Office (Confidential). Details requested to be withheld. |
| 16. | Hutchison
3G UK Limited |
| 17. | Interconnect
Management Limited. Some details requested to be kept confidential.
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| 18. | Joint
Cellular Operators Response (Hutchison 3G, O2, T-Mobile & Vodafone).
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| 19. | Joint
Radio Company Limited (JRC) |
| 20. | Kingston
Communications (Hull) Plc |
| 21. | Land2Mobile Ltd (Confidential). Details requested to be withheld. |
| 22. | NCI
Systems Ltd |
| 23. | Nokia
UK Ltd |
| 24. | Opal Telecom (Confidential). Details requested to be withheld. |
| 25. | OPTIMUS
– Telecomunicações, SA. |
| 26. | Orange
Personal Communications Services Ltd |
| 27. | Procomm-UK
Limited |
| 28. | Redstone
Communications Ltd
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| 29. | SmartCall
International (UK) Ltd |
| 30. | Telecom
Protection Technologies Ltd |
| 31. | Tesco
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| 32. | THUS
Plc |
| 33. | Your
Communications Ltd |
The Radiocommunications Agency thanks all those who responded to the consultation. All views received will be considered carefully, and RA will publicise the decision reached via its website in the near future.
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