Dogma in telecoms, cream for the CAT: 08- numbers in the Supreme Court – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers

Posted July 11th, 2014 in competition, contracts, EC law, news, Supreme Court, telecommunications by sally

‘The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in British Telecommunications plc v Telefónica O2 UK Ltd & Ors [2014] UKSC 42. Reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal (blogged on here by Emily Neill), Lord Sumption for a unanimous Supreme Court held that there had been no basis for Ofcom to disallow BT’s introduction of “ladder pricing” in wholesale termination charges for certain non-geographic telephone numbers (specifically 080, 0845 and 0870, whence the litigation’s popular name among telecoms lawyers: “08- numbers”).’

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Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 10th July 2014

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