Oftel
Office of Telecommunications

Oftel was satisfied, however, that the company had moved quickly to stamp out any abuses.

Incidentally, when I put the problem to Oftel, it was ignored.

In 1997, Oftel released 10-digit numbers beginning 0808 designated as freephone services.

In 2000, Oftel started allocating 055 numbers for corporate numbering.

From 1996 onwards, Oftel brought various new 10-digit non-geographic 0845 and 0870 numbers into use.

And he was lukewarm about putting a cap on prices as Oftel has done with telephone charges.

From 23 August 1999, Oftel added the 0905 range as by then 0906 was almost fully allocated.

And now Oftel, the watchdog of the phone industry, has said it will withdraw the companies' code of practice next month.

In 2000, Oftel started allocating non-geographic 0844 and 0871 revenue-share numbers.

Oftel argues that the move to a single private agency would prevent several private companies offering rival emergency services.

Sir Bryan, an accountant, has headed Oftel, the telecommunications regulator, since 1984.

Neil Fitzgerald profiles the Virgin man turned health boss and now head of Oftel.

One cannot say, for example, that Oftel decided something by a narrow vote' or that personnel changes in an individual agency will change the approach.'

This service has historically been poorly defined by Oftel and also Ofcom.

Oftel consulted on various proposals.

OFTEL was established as a regulatory body to supervise these arrangements.

Stanford White - a former AT&T executive - brought this to the attention of Oftel.

Postcom, this I am told was originally staffed to some extent by people from Oftel.

Oftel took over administration of the UK's telephone numbers from BT in 1994.

Oftel identified old (070x) xx geographic number ranges that had not been used before and re-allocated those first.

Oftel staff also claimed that CUT's operations influenced policy-making at the body.

Arguably in his new role at Oftel, Cruickshank will receive comparatively less of a rough ride.

The examples within the position paper are just "examples" of current carrier practices for illustration purposes, but do not reflect any official Oftel regulation.

He led Oftel, the telcommunications regulator, for five years until 1998, and will take over the market's chairmanship officially on May 25.

Last night Oftel and its chief Ian Byatt were accused of failing to act in the public's interests.

Kenneth Phillips, director of the office of telecommunications policy at Citicorp, said, "It's a Pandora's box."

The White House Office of Telecommunications Policy (OTP) was established in 1970.

In the last three years, British Telecom has cut prices by L1.3 billion to conform with price caps imposed by the Office of Telecommunications.

Mr. Cherkezian had worked for the Smithsonian Institution until 1987, directing its Office of Telecommunications for 13 years.

At the north side of Macaraig Street are offices of telecommunications company PLDT.

Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications (OTIA)

Clay T. Whitehead, 69, American director of White House Office of Telecommunications Policy (1970-1974), prostate cancer.

The Office of Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) is the legislative body responsible for regulating the telecommunications industry.

In 2003, the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) was disbanded and replaced with the Office of Communications (Ofcom).

The changes, announced on 15 August, come after an investigation into BT's deposits policy by the Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL).

Office of Telecommunication Development, General Staff Headquarters, Ministry of National Defense (MND)

Cost allocation within telecommunications - a major research project jointly funded by the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) and Kingston Communications PLC, 1988.

Last time, four years ago, Don Cruickshank, then the director general of Britain's Office of Telecommunications, pledged: "You will not have to change your number again in your lifetime."

Her mother, Bhupinder K. Grewal, is a programmer analyst in New Jersey's Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems in Trenton.

In 1978, it was merged, along with the Commerce Department's Office of Telecommunications, into the newly created National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Intracom facilities in Patras house the offices of Telecommunications Software Development, Terminal Equipment Design, Development Programmes, and Support Services divisions.

The Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) was created to act as the regulatory body for the telecommunications industry in order to ensure that BT did not abuse its dominant position.

Owen acted as chief economist in the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy in 1971 before returning to Stanford University in 1973 to serve as assistant professor of economics.

President Richard Nixon appointed him as the general counsel for the Office of Telecommunications Policy, where one of his principal assignments was to formulate federal policy for the growth of cable television.

In the early 2000s, the British government, in a White Paper, declared its intention to merge the ITC with the Radio Authority, Office of Telecommunications, and Radiocommunications Agency.

In January 2004 Poland's Office of Telecommunications and Post Regulation (URTiP) presented a new concept of a frequency planning in Band III.

A letter with the questionnaire carried photographs of Mr. Hanks and Eleanor J. Zink, deputy director of the Franchises Bureau and director of the Office of Telecommunications.

From 1976 to 1979, he took a leave to serve as chief scientist and director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy, within the Executive Office of the President, in the Ford and Carter administrations.

The Communications Act, 2003 which came into force on 25 July 2003 introduced a new industry regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), to replace the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel).

In 1973, the White House's Office of Telecommunication issued a national statement supporting the use of 911 and pushed for the establishment of a Federal Information Center to assist government agencies in implementing the system.