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Court of Appeal clarifies jurisdiction of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Administrative Court

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 30 2009

The Court of Appeal's decision in T-Mobile (UK) Ltd and Telefonica O2 UK Ltd v Office of Communications 2008 EWCA 1373 demonstrates the importance of considering whether the route of challenge to a public authority's decision is a statutory route of challenge on the one hand such as an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) or judicial review on the other

Commission considers Welsh public sector network scheme does not constitute state aid

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 12 2007

The Commission has decided that the procurement of a high bandwidth network service by the Welsh Assembly Government for public sector organisations in Wales does not constitute state aid within the meaning of Article 87 (1) of the EC Treaty and so has not raised any objections to implementation of the project

The Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects appeal in suspected cable cartel case

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 1 2007

Despite a £1.5 million investigation that lasted four years the OFT has dropped an inquiry regarding submarine cables, stating that the issues "no longer constituted an administrative priority"

Voiceover internet protocol (VoIP): High Court grants injunction requiring T-Mobile to connect calls to Truphone numbers

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 12 2007

In a ground-breaking case the High Court has granted an interim injunction under EC and UK’s competition rules

Appeal of Ofcom decision on carrier pre-selection charges

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 30 2009

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has registered an appeal by Cable & Wireless, Carphone Warehouse and Gamma Telecom against an Ofcom decision in July concerning the rates BT can charge for notifying and redirecting calls to operators of carrier pre-selection services

'3' initiates £250m competition claim against mobile phone rivals

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 3 2008

In the largest private competition action to reach the UK courts, mobile telephone operator ‘3’ has issued proceedings against rival operators O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone

OFT has published its decision in acquisition by BT Group of PlusNet

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 14 2007

The OFT has published the full text of its clearance decision in the anticipated acquisition by BT Group plc (BT) of PlusNet plc (PlusNet

UK mobile termination charges should fall - but by how much?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 24 2009

The UK Competition Commission (CC) has determined that charges applied by the UK mobile operators - O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, and Hutchison 3G (H3G) - should be further reduced

Ofcom consults on review of wholesale broadband access markets

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 14 2007

On 15 November 2007, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) published for consultation its market review notification in relation to the wholesale broadband access markets

Mobile and fixed-line termination charges

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 20 2009

During May, there were some significant developments in relation to mobile and fixed-line termination charges across Europe