Telefonica O2 Uk Ltd v Office of Communications and Another: CAT 7 Oct 2010

OFCOM had disallowed a new termination tarriff imposed by BT on mobile network operators.
Held: The appeal succeeded. BT had the right to vary its charges subject to compiance with the appropriate European objectives and directives. Since the tarriff would not be harmful to comsumers, it could not be set aside.

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[2010] CAT 25

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Appeal fromTelefonica O2 UK Ltd and Others v British Telecommunications Plc and Another CA 25-Jul-2012
BT had introduced a new tarriff for termination charges in respect of calls made from mobile phones to 08 numbers.
Held: The Court overruled the CAT and restored the decision of Ofcom. The CAT had been wrong to attach weight to their view that . .
At CATBritish Telecommunications Plc v Telefonica O2 UK Ltd SC 9-Jul-2014
The parties disputed the termination charges which BT was entitled to charge to mobile network operators for putting calls from the latter’s networks through to BT fixed lines with associated 08 numbers. BT had introduced new tariff charges.
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Updated: 15 September 2022; Ref: scu.441666