All Legal (compliance, regulatory) articles – Page 45
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PremiumBT Group teams up with UK-based law firm DWF
BT Group agreed a five-year managed legal services contract with law firm DWF to manage the telco’s insurance and real estate legal services.
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PremiumBT Group fined for regulatory accounts errors
BT Group was ordered to pay £3.7m by regulator Ofcom as a result of errors in its regulatory accounts for the years 2011-15. The errors had led to the telco paying lower administration fees between 2011 and 2015.
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PremiumBT Group denied appeal permission by the UK Supreme Court
The UK Supreme Court denied BT Group permission to appeal an earlier ruling from the country’s Court of Appeal that prevented the telco from swapping the inflationary measure used in relation to a legacy tranche of its pension liabilities (BTwatch, #301).
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PremiumBT Group disciplined for not paying suppliers on time
BT Group was one of 18 British companies penalised by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) for failing to pay its suppliers on time.
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Public AffairsOfcom opens up PIA and dark fibre, but altnets unhappy
Ofcom has decided to impose an unrestricted physical infrastructure access (PIA) remedy on BT in all four geographic markets that it identified based on physical infrastructure network competition. Regulated PIA has been available in business markets for some time, but the latest PIMR expands availability to the consumer ...
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Public AffairsOfcom to support Openreach with regulatory changes
Ofcom launched a consultation on regulatory changes it is proposing that will support Openreach’s plans to deliver universal fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) in the city of Salisbury, as part of its Fibre First programme (BTwatch, #303, #304, and #305).
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Public AffairsT-Mobile US teams up with AT&T on a caller verification service
T-Mobile US (TMUS) is working with rival AT&T to offer cross-network call verification, based on the Caller Verified service the NatCo released in early-2019 (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #81).
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom reveals internal investigation into T-Systems Brazil
Deutsche Telekom (DT) confirmed to Handelsblatt that an internal compliance investigation was carried out at T-Systems Brazil (T-Sys BR) over alleged “violations of internal guidelines”.
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Strategy & ChangeTelekom Deutschland forced to adjust StreamOn
TDE to amend two disputed aspects of media offer, for now. Principal court proceedings in Cologne have yet to run their course.
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Public AffairsGerman operators soften 5G cash blow with mobile pact
Operators secure improved payment terms for 5G frequencies. Added 4G and 5G rollout commitments made in return.
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PremiumVodafone Group awarded compensation from the UK Government
Vodafone received £740,000 in costs, after UK Government’s error assessing bids.
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Group joins LTE patent pool
Vodafone joined an LTE patent pool , which develops and manages licensing programmes on behalf of intellectual property holders.
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Public AffairsVodafone Hutchinson Australia fined for misleading billing service
VHA admitted it had made false or misleading representations about its third-party direct carrier billing service, agreeing to refund customers.
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Public AffairsVodafone Group facing lawsuit over patent contention
Vodafone is facing a lawsuit at the High Court in London over a long-running 4G patent claim made by Munich-based IPCom.
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Public AffairsLiberty Global deal approval triggers Deutsche Telekom
EC waives through merger, conditional on full compliance with Vodafone’s remedy package. Telekom considers legal action.
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Public AffairsTMUS seeks arbitration in location data sales outcry
NatCo seeks to douse impact of privacy fiasco.
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PremiumDT up in arms over Vodafone–Liberty approval
EC waives through merger, conditional on full compliance with Vodafone’s remedy package. DT considers legal action.
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PremiumNew entrant plan resurfaces ahead of 5G auction
CTÚ to launch another bid to disrupt three-player cosiness. Quid pro quo for 700MHz and 3.4GHz–3.6GHz availability.
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PremiumDeutsche Telekom and T-Mobile US find key to unlock Sprint treasures
Mega-merger in closing straight after DoJ sign-off. Remedy-focused asset offload to Dish seen as offering only limited strategic and operational damage. TMUS stresses the point by saying Sprint synergies unaffected.