HL Deb 05 April 2000 vol 611 cc143-6WA
Lord Peyton of Yeovil

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which are the 80 or so licence holders who have code powers to dig up the roads; and what steps they have in mind to curtail their activities, with a view to diminishing the nuisance they cause to the public. [HL1727]

The Minister for Science, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)

The following 86 companies hold licences granting code powers, which allow the operator to install and maintain equipment on the public highway, subject to conditions laid down in the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and subsidiary legislation.

The number of individual licences with code powers is greater than 86 as a number of companies hold more than one regional licence. The full list is regularly updated and available on the OFTEL web site (www.oftel.gov.uk).

There are no plans to restrict new construction by these operators, but the Government have recently consulted widely on ways to diminish disruption caused by streetworks.

  • ACC Long Distance UK Ltd
  • Advanced Radio Telecom Ltd
  • AT&T Communications UK Ltd
  • Atlantic Telecom Group plc
  • AXS Telecom (UK) Ltd
  • BT
  • Cable & Wireless Communications
  • Cellnet
  • Cignal Global Communications UK Limited
  • COLT
  • CompleTel UK Limited
  • Concert Communications Company
  • Convergence Ventures Limited
  • Core Telecommunications Limited
  • Dolphin Telecom Plc
  • East-West Telecom Limited
  • Easynet Group Plc
  • EGN BV
  • Energis Carrier Services Ltd
  • Energis Communications Limited
  • Enitel ASA
  • Esprit Telecom UK Limited
  • Eurobell (Holdings) PLC
  • Farland Services UK Limited
  • Faultbasic Ltd
  • Fibrenet Ltd
  • Fibreway Limited
  • Flag Atlantic UK Limited
  • Flag Telecom Ireland Limited
    • WA 145
  • Flute Limited
  • GC Pan European Crossing UK Limited
  • General Telecommunications Ltd
  • Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Ltd
  • Global One Communications Holding Ltd
  • Global TeleSystems Europe
  • GT UK Limited
  • GTS Business Services Limited (UK)
  • Highway One Corporation Limited
  • iaxis Limited
  • ICL
  • Izenkom Limited
  • Inter Digital Networks
  • INTERNET Network Services Limited
  • IPM
  • KDD Europe Limited
  • Kingston Communications (Hull) Plc
  • KPNQWEST Assets UK Limited
  • Level 3 Communications Limited
  • MCI—Worldcom
  • MFN UK Limited
  • MLL Telecom Ltd
  • nevada telecom Ltd
  • New World Payphones
  • NorSea Com AS
  • Norweb Telecom Limited
  • ntl
  • One to One
    • WA 146
  • Orange
  • Pangea Management Services BV
  • Radio Tel Systems Ltd
  • Rateflame Limited
  • Rocom TBI Limited
  • RSL COM UK Ltd
  • Scottish & Southern Energy plc
  • Starglobal Ltd
  • Storm Telecommunications Limited
  • Surf Telecoms
  • Tele2 (UK) Limited
  • Telecom Ireland
  • Telecom New Zealand (UK) Licences Limited
  • Teleglobe International UK Ltd
  • Teleport London International
  • Telewest Communications
  • Telia UK Limited
  • Telstra (UK) Limited
  • Thus plc
  • TMI Telemedia International
  • TNI (Telecom) Limited
  • Torch Communications Limited
  • Versatel Telecom BV
  • Viatel UK Ltd
  • Vine Telecom Networks Limited
  • Vodaphone Airtouch Plc
  • Winstar Communications SA
  • WTI Telecom (UK) Limited
  • Zereau Limited.