On the 26 November, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) published its Judgment regarding the appeal of Colt Technology Services (“Colt”) against Ofcom’s decision not to impose passive remedies that would allow communication providers to gain access to BT’s physical infrastructure to provide … Continue reading
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November 2013 : Competition Appeal Tribunal dismisses the appeal of Colt Technology Services on all Grounds
November 2013 : DotEcon supports BT in its appeal of Ofcom’s Ethernet Determination
On 28th of October 2013 the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) opened hearings for BT’s Appeal of Ofcom’s Determination regarding the historic prices of its wholesale ethernet services. The CAT heard BT’s appeal, Ofcom’s defence and the supporting arguments of intervening Communication … Continue reading
October 2013 : Colt Technology Services and BT await decision from the Competition Appeals Tribunal
In the week beginning 15 October the Competition Appeals Tribunal (“CAT”) heard the appeal of Colt Technology Services (“Colt”) against Ofcom’s decision not to impose passive remedies that would allow communication providers to gain access to BT’s physical infrastructure to … Continue reading
November 2012 : CAT publishes full judgement on Pay-TV appeals
On 26th October 2012, the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) published a non-confidential version of its full judgement with respect to the appeals brought against Ofcom’s decision to impose a wholesale must-offer (WMO) remedy on Sky. The WMO remedy required Sky … Continue reading
June 2012 : CAT grants Everything Everywhere permission to appeal judgement on mobile call termination
On 7 June 2012, the CAT granted Everything Everywhere (EE) permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal against its judgment on the appeals by BT, Vodafone, H3G and EE of Ofcom’s 2011 decision on the wholesale mobile voice call … Continue reading
May 2012 : Competition Commission revised provisional findings in movies on pay TV market investigation
On 23 May 2012, the UK Competition Commission (CC) issued a revised provisional findings report in relation to its investigation into movies on Pay TV. The CC revised its previous analysis and noted that recent market developments – notably in … Continue reading
May 2012 : CAT Judgement on mobile termination rates
On 3 May 2012, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) handed down its Judgement in relation to the appeal brought by British Telecommunications Plc (BT), Vodafone Ltd, Hutchinson 3G UK Ltd and Everything Everywhere Ltd (EE) in respect of Ofcom’s 2011 … Continue reading
February 2012 : Competition Commission finds Ofcom did not err in adopting pure LRIC cost standard for mobile call termination
On 14 February 2012, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) published the Competition Commission’s (CC) determination on price control matters in the appeals brought by British Telecommunications plc (BT), Vodafone Ltd, Hutchinson 3G UK Limited and Everything Everywhere Ltd against Ofcom’s … Continue reading
November 2011 : CAT refers price control issues in BT’s appeal against wholesale broadband access charge control to Competition Commission
On 3 November 2011, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) published an order referring to the Competition Commission (CC) price control matters in the appeal by BT against the July 2011 decision of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) on its Wholesale … Continue reading
August 2011 : Competition Commission provisional findings in movies on pay TV market investigation
On 19 August 2011, the Competition Commission (CC) announced provisional findings in respect of its market investigation into movies on pay TV. The CC provisionally found that Sky’s market power in the pay TV retail market gives rise to barriers … Continue reading