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  "long_title": "The Secretary of State granted to Mercury Personal Communications Limited on 9th May 1995 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 25th May 1995. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Mercury Personal Communications Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when this Order comes into force on 23rd June 1995.",
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