The Public Telecommunication System Designation (AT&T Global Network Services (UK) B.V.) Order 2002

Made14th May 2002

Laid before Parliament16th May 2002

Coming into force14th June 2002

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to AT&T Global Network Services (UK) B.V. on 15th March 2002 a licence (“the Licence”) under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 19841 (“the Act”), to which section 8 of the Act applies, for the running of the telecommunication systems specified in the Licence (“the Applicable Systems”):

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (AT&T Global Network Services (UK) B.V.) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 14th June 2002.

2

Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.

Douglas Alexander,Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,Department of Trade and Industry14th May 2002

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to AT&T Global Network Services (UK) B.V. a licence on 15 March 2002 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 16th May 2002. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, AT&T Global Network Services (UK) B.V. will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 14th June 2002.

A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.