The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Southampton Cable Limited) Order 1989
The Secretary of State granted to Southampton Cable Limited on 23rd January 1989 a licence under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in Annex A to that licence, in the Southampton and Eastleigh area. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 27th January 1989. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Southampton Cable Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force.