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Records created or inherited by Ofcom (the Office of Communications)

Catalogue reference: OCM

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OCM

Records created or inherited by Ofcom (the Office of Communications). For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.

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OCM

Title
Records created or inherited by Ofcom (the Office of Communications)
Date

2001-2024

Description

Records created or inherited by Ofcom (the Office of Communications).

For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.

Related material

For records created by the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel), please see: LF

For records created by the Radio Authority, please see: RP

For records created by the Radiocommunications Agency, please see: KS

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Office of Communications (Ofcom), 2003-2003
Physical description

28 series

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Administrative / biographical background

Ofcom (the Office of Communications) is the independent telecommunications regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the UK. It was established in 2003 under the Communications Act 2003. Ofcom replaced the five former regulatory bodies: the Broadcasting Standards Commission; the Independent Television Commission; the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel); the Radio Authority; and the Radiocommunications Agency.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C418/

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Records created or inherited by Ofcom (the Office of Communications)