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Meaning of "Oftel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFTEL

Oftel  [ˈɒfˌtɛl] play
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WHAT DOES OFTEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oftel

Oftel has been superseded as the British telecommunications regulator by Ofcom. Oftel logo The Office of Telecommunications was a department in the United Kingdom government, under civil service control, charged with promoting competition and maintaining the interests of consumers in the UK telecommunications market. It was set up under the Telecommunications Act 1984 after privatisation of the nationalised operator BT. Oftel was accused by its critics of having been "captured" by BT, and of giving the dominant operator too much freedom to leverage its monopoly status in fixed line telephony into other markets such as ADSL. On 28 December 2003 the duties of Oftel were inherited by Ofcom, which is the result of a consolidation of the British telecommunication and broadcasting regulators. There are allegations of anti-competitive practice in marketing ADSL by BT made by Freeserve being overlooked by Oftel.

Definition of Oftel in the English dictionary

The definition of Oftel in the dictionary is Office of Telecommunications: a government body set up in 1984 to supervise telecommunications activities in the UK, and to protect the interests of the consumers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFTEL


aparthotel
əˈpɑːthəʊˌtɛl
artel
ɑːˈtɛl
bagatelle
ˌbæɡəˈtɛl
botel
bəʊˈtɛl
cartel
kɑːˈtɛl
clientele
ˌkliːɒnˈtɛl
Datel
ˈdeɪˌtɛl
dentelle
dɛnˈtɛl
floatel
fləʊˈtɛl
foretell
fɔːˈtɛl
hotel
həʊˈtɛl
immortelle
ˌɪmɔːˈtɛl
intel
ˈɪntɛl
kittel
ˈkiːtɛl
Martel
mɑːˈtɛl
motel
məʊˈtɛl
muscatel
ˌmʌskəˈtɛl
retell
riːˈtɛl
stell
stɛl
tell
tɛl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFTEL

Ofgas
Ofgem
Ofili
oflag
Oflot
OFM
Ofqual
OFris
OFS
Ofsted
oft
often
oftenness
oftentimes
ofttimes
Ofwat
OG
Ogaden

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFTEL

battel
betel
Charles Martel
chattel
dentel
family hotel
five-star hotel
hostel
Keitel
lintel
listel
love hotel
mantel
pastel
pentel
Prestel
private hotel
ratel
resort hotel
youth hostel

Synonyms and antonyms of Oftel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Oftel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFTEL

Find out the translation of Oftel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Oftel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Oftel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

OFTEL
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Oftel
570 millions of speakers

English

Oftel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Oftel
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Oftel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Oftel
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Oftel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Oftel
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Oftel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oftel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

OFTEL
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

OFTEL
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Oftel
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oftel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Oftel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Oftel
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुष्कळदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oftel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Oftel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Oftel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Oftel
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Oftel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Oftel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Oftel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Oftel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

OFTEL
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Oftel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFTEL»

The term «Oftel» is normally little used and occupies the 118.119 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFTEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Oftel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Oftel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Oftel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFTEL»

Discover the use of Oftel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Oftel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
European Telecommunications Liberalisation
OED (1993) The Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press. Oftel (1985) Determination of terms and Conditions for the Purposes of an Agreement on the Interconnection of the BT System and the Mercury Communications Ltd System, ...
Kjell A. Eliassen, Marit Sjovaag Nfa, Marit Sjovaag, 2013
2
International Handbook on Economic Regulation
oFtel continued to experiment with international benchmarking in the following years, because within the uk there was no available comparator to bt (oFtel, 1989 , 1991, 1992a). despite the existence of international benchmarking, it is unclear  ...
Michael A. Crew, David Parker, 2006
3
Telecommunications Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region
Oftel (1995), Universal Telecommunications Services, London: Oftel. Oftel (1997a ), Review of Utility Regulation: Submission by the Director General of Telecommunications, Oftel (1997b), Universal Telecommunications Services, London: Oftel ...
Allan Brown, Moazzem Hossain, Duc-Tho Nguyen
4
Telecommunications Regulation: Culture, Chaos and ...
OECD (1997)The OECD ReportonRegulatory Reform, Volume 1:Sectoral Studies , Paris. Oftel (1985)Annual Report to31 December 1984, London: HMSO. oftel ( 1991)Annual Reportto31 December1990, London: HMSO. oftel (1993) Annual ...
Clare Hall, Christopher Hood, Colin Scott, 2005
5
Telecommunications Policy-making in the European Union
A new regulatory institution, the Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL), was formed as an independent agency to inhibit the newly privatised BT from behaving 'predatorily'.9 Under the 1984 Act, OFTEL was given substantial authority, ...
Joseph W. Goodman, 2006
6
Privatization: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy
In practice OFTEL concentrated its discussions with BT about alternative values of X around a model of BT's finances, looking at the impact of different RPI-X regimes on varying assumptions about productivity growth. OFTEL modelled what ...
George K. Yarrow, Piotr Jasinski, 1996
7
Regulatory Reform: Economic Analysis and British Experience
Oftel. Annual Reports. London: HMSO. Oftel. 1986. The Review of British Telecom's Tariff Changes. London: Oftel. Oftel. 1988. The Control of British Telecom's Prices. London: Oftel. Oftel. 1991. BT's Apparatus Supply Business. London: Oftel.
Mark Armstrong, Simon Cowan, John Vickers, 1994
8
Europe's Digital Revolution: Broadcasting Regulation, the EU ...
OFTEL (1995) Beyond the Telephone, the Television and the PC, London: OFTEL. OFTEL (1996) Conditional Access, Consultative Document on Draft OFTEL guidelines, London: OFTEL. OFTEL (1997) The Regulation of Conditional Access ...
David Levy, 2003
9
Law and Administration
Thus, OFTEL now operates by means of a preliminary inquiry phase, with a view to determining whether there is a case to answer. Appropriate for a regulatory agency, an advisory role is developed: operators can seek 'guidance' on whether a ...
Carol Harlow, Richard Rawlings, 1997
10
Privatisation Competition and Regulation in the United ...
OFTEL (1992) : Annual Report. 136. OFTEL (1994) : Annual Report. 137. OFTEL (March 1994) : Statement of Interconnection and Accounting Separation: The Next Steps — issued by the Director General of Telecommunications. 138. OFTEL ...
G. Ganesh, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFTEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Oftel is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Dirty Digest for Directors and Investors of the Executive Summary …
We have moved from monopoly regulation in 1984, through encouraging duopoly (leading to infrastructure competition) in 1991 under Oftel ... «ComputerWeekly.com, Jul 15»
2
Could enforced access to BT dark fibre cause problems for CityFibre?
To add our own comment following on from this, we have had 30 years of Oftel/Ofcom regulating BT and all too often BT is seen as the people ... «thinkbroadband.com, May 15»
3
Tech City Voices Broadband in the UK and why getting it isn't so easy
A 'licensed' operator meant that an organisation paid license fees to the then regulator Oftel which allowed them to offer telecommunications ... «Tech City News, Apr 15»
4
Warning over bogus claim calls
Oftel, then Ofcom, have had over 25 years to get a grip on CLI but fail at every step. [quote][p][bold]SPIKEISLANDTRADER[/bold] wrote: ... «Daily Echo, Apr 15»
5
How to get broadband without a landline: Save money on line rental
I'd like to see a level field on this imposed by Oftel, so that the system maintenance is separately stated (same with mobile); and calls, if you ... «PC Advisor, Apr 15»
6
Role of Money Advice Service must change
... the National Association of Pension Funds, consumer director at the FSA and at Oftel, and held a number of senior roles in local government. «FT Adviser, Mar 15»
7
How one call to directory inquiries cost me £137!
Those who worked for Oftel (Ofcom's predecessor as regulator), which brought in the change, would no doubt now claim this was a mistake ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
8
The cost of calling 118 numbers
However, in 2002, Ofcom (Oftel at that point) opened up this market to competition; with the intention of reducing the costs applicable to ... «bdaily, Feb 15»
9
Right, who feels like going to an Ofcom meeting? Anyone? Bueller?
This tidies up a mess left by Ofcom's predecessor Oftel which allowed mobile operators to charge for 0800 numbers. However, there doesn't ... «The Register, Jan 15»
10
MBE for Sudbury man who brings IT to the disabled
He works with telecom regulators Oftel and Ofcom in its committee for disabled and older people and also as part of its communications ... «Brent and Kilburn Times, Jan 15»

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