January BT’s monopoly on the supply and maintenance of the prime (first) telephone ended.
The two cellular operators, Cellnet and Vodafone, began commercial service. Later in the year the operators were issued with revised 25-year licences.
October The Director General published his determination of the terms for the interconnection of British Telecom’s and Mercury’s networks.
Following the delayed implementation of changes to the 0870 and 0871 NGN ranges, originally due to be in place by 1st February 2008, Ofcom have now released their modified proposals. Read more »