The Telecommunications (Licence Modification)(Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999

Condition 20

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS AND ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INTERESTS U.K.

20.1  The Licensee shall comply with any decision taken in accordance with the procedures referred to in regulation 21(1) of the Revised Voice Telephony Regulations which relates to proceedings to which the Licensee is a party, subject to regulation 21(2). U.K.

20.2  The Licensee shall comply with any notice served on it pursuant to regulation 21(6)(a) of the Revised Voice Telephony Regulations. U.K.

20.3  The Licensee shall take all reasonably practicable steps to maintain, to the greatest extent possible, the availability of Fixed Public Telephone Systems run by it and Fixed Publicly Available Telephone Services provided by it, having particular regard to the needs of Emergency Organisations, in the event of catastrophic network failure, or in cases of force majeure, such as extreme weather, earthquake, flood, lightning or fire. U.K.

20.4  The Licensee shall take all reasonably practicable steps to maintain, to the greatest extent possible, the integrity of Fixed Public Telephone Systems run by the Licensee and Fixed Publicly Available Telephone Services provided by it, having particular regard to the needs of Emergency Organisations; that is to say, protection of the physical and functional operation of such systems and services against malfunctions or failure caused by electrical conditions, signalling protocols or traffic loads conveyed from telecommunication systems connected to the Applicable Systems. U.K.

20.5  The Licensee shall ensure that any restrictions imposed by it on access to and use of its Fixed Public Telephone System on grounds of maintenance of network integrity, in order to protect, inter alia, network equipment, software or stored data are kept to the minimum necessary to provide for normal operation of the System. U.K.

20.6  The Licensee shall ensure that any restrictions imposed by it on access to and use of its Fixed Public Telephone System on the grounds of network security or network integrity are proportionate, non-discriminatory, and based on objective criteria identified in advance. U.K.

20.7  The Licensee shall take all necessary steps in order to maintain so far as practicable the highest level of Fixed Publicly Available Telephone Services provided by it to meet any priorities specified by the Director. U.K.

20.8  The Licensee shall not impose any restrictions on the use of any Terminal Equipment relating to Fixed Publicly Available Telephone Services provided by it on the grounds of interoperability of services where such equipment complies with the Terminal Equipment Regulations on the grounds of interoperability of services. U.K.

20.9  The Licensee may impose conditions on access to and use of its Fixed Public Telephone System on the grounds of protection of data only in accordance with Relevant Data Protection Legislation. U.K.