Who can dig up the streets?
Posted by Cloud Net on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 @ 09:05 AM
Ofcom licences companies to dig up your street to install
telecommunications infra structure via the Electronic Communications Code. So just how many companies are licensed to dig up your streets? The 2010 list is below and runs to 152 companies (including the blank company). They range from internet service, business telecoms and VoIP providers to water companies.
Given the £142 million that Ofcom spends annually and the relatively small amounts that these licences raise it is not really surprising that Ofcom clearly hasn't bothered to delete companies that no longer exist. If they did I'm sure that it would reduce the list to a more manageable 100 or so companies that may come creating traffic chaos.
Just for the record Cloud Net is not going to annoy you by digging up the street - we have better things to do.
Here's the full list of companies:
• 51º Limited
• AboveNet Communications UK Limited
• Airwave Solutions Limited
• Arqiva Communications Ltd
• Anglian Water Services Ltd
• AT&T Global Network Services (UK) B.V.
• Barnsley Cable Communications Limited
• Birmingham Cable Limited
• Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water Plc
• Bradford Cable Communications Limited
• Bristol Water Plc
• British Telecommunications plc
• Bytel Networks Ltd
• Cable Camden Limited
• Cable Enfield Limited
• Cable Hackney and Islington Limited
• Cable Haringey Limited
• Cable & Wireless UK
• Central North Sea Fibre Telecommunications Company Limited
• Centric Telco Ltd (now dissolved)
• CityLink Telecommunications Limited
• Cityspace Limited
• Cogent Communications UK Ltd
• COLT Telecommunications Ltd
• Crown Castle UK Limited
• Doncaster Cable Communications Limited
• Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig
• Easynet Telecommunications Limited
• Equant UK ltd
• Eircom UK Ltd
• Energis Communications Ltd
• Energis Local Access Ltd
• The Environment Agency
• EU Networks Fiber UK Limited
• Eurobell (Holdings) Limited
• Eurobell (South West) Limited
• Eurobell (Sussex) Limited
• Eurobell (West Kent) Limited
• Euro Payphone Ltd
• FARICE hf.
• Faultbasic Ltd
• Fibernet UK Limited
• Fibrespan Limited
• FibreSpeed Limited
• FLAG Atlantic UK Limited
• FLAG Telecom Ireland Limited
• Fujitsu Services Limited
• Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd
• GeneSYS Telecommunications Limited
• Geo Metro Limited
• Geo Networks Limited
• Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Ltd
• GT UK Ltd
• Global One Communications Holding Ltd
• Halifax Cable Communications Limited
• Hibernia Atlantic (UK) Limited
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Hutchison 3G UK Limited
• H2O Networks Group
• Independent Fibre Networks Limited
• In Focus Public Networks Ltd
• Infolines Public Network Ltd (Code powers suspended)
• Internal Communication Systems Limited
• Internet Central Ltd
• Internet Airworks Ltd (now dissolved)
• Interoute (i-21 Limited)
• KDDI Europe Ltd
• KCOM Group Plc
• KPN EuroRings B.V.
• Lancaster University Network Services Limited
• Level 3 Communications Ltd
• M3Com II Limited, Bermuda
• Mapesbury Communications Limited
• Middlesex Cable Limited
• MLL Telecom Ltd
• National Transcommunications Ltd
• ntl National Networks Limited
• Neos Networks Ltd
• NewNet plc
• Northumbrian Water Limited
• NWP Street Limited
• O² (UK) Limited
• Opal Telecom Limited
• Orange Personal Communication Services Ltd
• Pipex Communications Business Solutions Limited
• Pipex Internet Limited
• Reach Europe Ltd
• Redstone Communications Limited
• Scottish Water
• Severn Trent Water Ltd
• Severn Trent Retail Services Limited
• Sheffield Cable Communications Limited
• Smallworld Media Communications Limited
• South East Water Plc
• Southern Water Ltd
• South West Water Ltd
• Sprintlink UK Ltd
• Spyder Facilities Limited
• SSE Telecommunications Limited
• Surf Telecoms Limited
• Sutton and East Surrey Water Plc
• Tata Communications (UK) Limited
• Telecom New Zealand (UK) Licences Limited
• Telewest Carrier Services Limited
• Telewest Communications Group Limited
• Telewest Limited
• Telewest Communications PLC
• Telewest Communications (Liverpool) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Central Lancashire) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Cotswold) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Glenrothes) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Dumbarton) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Cumbernauld) Limited
• Telewest Communications (South East) Limited
• Telewest Communications (South Thames Estuary) Limited
• Telewest Communications (London South) Limited
• Telewest Communcations (Telford) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Flyde & Wyre) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Southport) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Dundee & Perth) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Midlands) Limited
• Telewest Communications (South West) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Falkirk) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Motherwell) Limited
• Telewest Communications (North East) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Wigan) Limited
• Telewest Communications (Scotland) Limited
• Telewest Communications (St Helens & Knowsley) Limited
• TeliaSonera International Carrier UK Limited
• Thales Transport and Security Limited
• Thames Water Utilities Ltd
• Thus plc
• Tiscali UK Limited
• T-Mobile (UK) Limited
• Torch Communications Ltd
• Tweedwind Limited
• United Utilities Plc
• UK Broadband Limited
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• Veolia Water East Ltd
• Veolia Water Central Ltd
• Verizon UK Ltd
• Virgin Media Limited
• Vodafone Limited
• VTL Wavenet Limited
• Vtesse Networks Ltd
• VTL (UK) Ltd
• Wakefield Cable Communications Limited
• Wessex Water Services Ltd
• Wight Cable 2005 Ltd
• Windsor Television Limited
• Your Communications Ltd
• Yorkshire Water Service Ltd
Source Ofcom
Full Description of Code for those that are interested is here:
The Electronic Communications Code ('the Code') enables electronic communications network providers to construct electronic communications networks. The Code enables these providers to construct infrastructure on public land (streets), to take rights over private land, either with the agreement with the landowner or applying to the County Court or the Sheriff in Scotland. It also conveys certain immunities from the Town and Country Planning legislation in the form of Permitted Development.
In addition to providers of electronic communications networks the Code is also available to those who wish to construct conduits to be made available to network providers.
The Code is granted to network providers by the Office of Communications ('OFCOM') by a direction made following a public consultation and consideration of the responses to that consultation.
The Code has effect in all cases subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003, SI. No 2003/2553 ("the Regulations") (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032553.htm) as amended by The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. SI. No 2009/584. (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090584_en_1).
Written by David Hill, Chairman of Cloud Net