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  "long_title": "The Secretary of State granted to Vodafone Limited on 9 December 1993 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 11th January 1994. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Vodafone Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when this Order comes into force on 9th February 1994.",
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