The Public Telecommunication System Designation (The Phone Company) Order 1998
The Secretary of State granted to The Phone Company on 4th September 1997 a licence under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in the licence. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 29th January 1998. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, The Phone Company will be a public telecommunications operator when this Order comes into force on 27th January 1998.