Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1984 Act" means the Telecommunications Act 1984 M1;

• “Applicable Systems" means the telecommunication systems run by BT Cellnet, Dolphin, One2One, Orange or Vodafone in the United Kingdom in accordance with the BT Cellnet Licence, the Dolphin Licence, the One2One Licence, the Orange Licence or the Vodafone Licence respectively, as the case may be;

• “BT Cellnet" means Telecom Securicor Radio Limited;

• “the BT Cellnet Licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to BT Cellnet on 22 March 1994;

• “the Director" means the Director General of Telecommunications appointed under section 1 of the 1984 Act;

• “Dolphin" means Dolphin Telecommunications Limited (formerly known as TetraLink Telecommunications Limited);

• “the Dolphin Licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Dolphin on 12 December 1997;

• “the former licences" means the relevant licences in the form they were in immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations;

• “Message" means anything falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 4(1) of the 1984 Act;

• “Mobile Radio Telecommunication Services" means any telecommunication service consisting in the conveyance of Messages by means of a telecommunication system where every Message that is conveyed thereby has been, or is to be, conveyed through the agency of Wireless Telegraphy to or from a telecommunication system which is designed or adapted to be capable of use whilst in motion;

• “the modified licences" means the relevant licences as amended by these Regulations;

• “One2One" means Mercury Personal Communications Limited;

• “the One2One Licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to One2One on 9 May 1995;

• “Orange" means Orange Personal Communications Services Limited;

• “the Orange Licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Orange on 27 July 1995;

• “relevant licences" means the BT Cellnet Licence, the Dolphin Licence, the Mercury Licence, the Orange Licence and the Vodafone Licence;

• “Service Provider" means any person who is in the business of providing Mobile Radio Telecommunication Services to another by means of a telecommunication system lawfully connected to the Applicable Systems or who is in the business of securing the provision of such services by such means;

• “the standard Schedules" means the Schedules to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999 M2;

• “Vodafone" means Vodafone Limited;

• “the Vodafone Licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Vodafone on 9 December 1993; and

• “Wireless Telegraphy" has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 M3.