| 释义 |
Oftel, n.|ˈɒftɛl|
Also OFTEL.
[Abbrev.]
The Office of Telecommunications, a regulatory body set up in 1983 to supervise the operation of the British telecommunications industry, after the privatization of British Telecommunications plc.
1982Financial Times 4 Nov. 11/4 A new body called the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) is to be created, modelled on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). 1986Times 5 June 23/1 New ways of charging for private telephone lines are examined in a consultative document published yesterday by Oftel, the telecommunications watchdog. 1990Which? Nov. 604/3 OFTEL, the telephone watchdog, is investigating whether BT's credit-vetting scheme is fair. 1992Economist 22 Feb. 27/1 Seeing the success of regulators like Oftel and Ofgas in getting BT and British Gas to cut their costs and prices and to raise the quality of their services, Labour has realised that not only is nationalisation unaffordable, it is unnecessary. |