Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will review the need for the existing frequencies for cordless telephones to be withdrawn at the end of 1986.
Mr. Alexander FletcherWhen the frequencies for the legal cordless telephone service were announced in August 1982, there was uncertainty about the use of the channels at 47 MHz after 1986. The Government have since announced that the frequency band 41 to 68 MHz is to be used primarily for land mobile services in future and there is, therefore, no longer a need to withdraw the frequencies used for the cordless telephone service after the end of 1986.