CAT considers dispute resolution whilst Ofcom publishes annual communications market review
Regular readers will have noticed that this blog has been rather quiet of late. Normal service will be resumed in September – for now my …
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Ofcom publishes statutory backing for new PhonepayPlus rules
The watcher has been a bit quiet recently – caused by a combination of a business trip to Singapore and a holiday. Despite the holiday period there …
Ofcom consults on exercising discretion to not order repayment in LLU dispute
Last week Ofcom started a consultation in relation to LLU charges in which is intending to not exercise its discretion to order repayment of overcharges. The circumstances …
Lenders over-exposed to real estate move into TMT
I was lucky enough to chair Olswang’s semi-annual CPD catch-up day for in-house lawyers today. It was a very interesting set of talks (for those who are …
Ofcom has wide jurisdiction and discretion to accept and resolve disputes
The CAT today rejected BT’s arguments that Ofcom has a narrow jurisdiction to accept and resolve disputes referred to it by Communications Providers pursuant to …
Mobile operators obliged to retain location information across Europe
There has been some coverage recently of the case of Mr Spitz. Malte Spitz is a German green party politician and privacy advocate. He went …
Fresh evidence may be introduced in telecoms appeals
Yesterday the Court of Appeal confirmed (in British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications [2011] EWCA Civ 245 , judgment of 10 March 2011) that there was …
‘Ladder pricing’ for calls to 08 numbers: stairway to litigation?
I have spent the last day and a half in court (British Telecommunications Plc (Termination charges: 080 calls, NCCN 1007) v Office of Communications and British Telecommunications …
DSAC an appropriate test for assessing LRIC cost-orientation
Today’s CAT judgment confirmed that Ofcom’s use of distributed stand-alone cost (“DSAC“) was an appropriate method to assess whether a regulated Communications Provider who had been found to possess …
‘Illegal state aid’ challenge to tax levied on BT’s UK fibre network fails in European Court
In a decision dated 21 January, but only released this week, the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg has dismissed Vtesse’s appeal against a decision of …