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  "long_title": "The Secretary of State granted to Skylight Holdings Incorporated a licence on 25th September 1997 under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in that licence. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 2nd February 1998. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Skylight Holdings Incorporated will be a public telecommunications operator when this Order comes into force on 3rd March 1998.",
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