ECJ Judgment – Industrial policy – Telecommunications sector Electronic communications Directive 2002/19/EC Article 4(1) Networks and services Interconnexion agreements between telecommunications undertakings Obligation to negotiate in good faith Definition of ‘operator of public communications networks’ Articles 5 and 8 Powers of the national regulatory authorities Undertaking without significant market power
A national regulatory authority may intervene to prevent the imposition by a CP of interconnection terms likely to hinder the emergence of a competitive market even if that CP does not have significant market power.
J’C Bonichot, P
[2009] EUECJ C-192/08, C-192/08, [2009] ECR I-10717
Bailii
Directive 2002/19/EC
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Opinion – Teliasonera Finland ECJ 14-May-2009
ECJ Opinion – Industrial policy – Electronic communications – Networks and services – Obligation to negotiate interconnection in good faith – Definition of operator of public communications networks – Undertaking . .
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Cited – British 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.
Cited – British 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.
European, Utilities, Media
Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.551329