HC Deb 10 November 1981 vol 12 c57W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether the matters connected with a separate international access and interconnection with British Telecom for the Mercury consortium to operate the second telecommunications network have yet been resolved.

Mr. Wakeham

Not yet. The Department has initiated discussions which are now under way between British Telecom and Cable and Wireless on both international access for Mercury and interconnection with the public network.