Dispute between Everything Everywhere and BT regarding termination charges for 080 numbers
| Issuer | Office of Communications |
Dispute between: Everything Everywhere Limited (EE) and British Telecommunications plc (BT) regarding termination charges for calls to 080 number ranges that originate on EE's network and terminate on BT's network introduced by BT under NCCN1007 (as corrected by NCCN1046 (-1-)).
Case opened: 10 September 2010
Case closed: 4 April 2013
Issue: Ofcom was asked to resolve this dispute under section 185(1) of the Communications Act 2003 (the Act) concerning termination charges calls to 080 number ranges introduced by BT under NCCN1007 (as corrected by NCCN1046).
Relevant instrument: Ofcom resolved these disputes using its powers under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Act.
Update note 3 June 2013
On 24 May 2013 BT filed a Protective Notice of Appeal with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) against Ofcom’s determinations to resolve these disputes and the related dispute about termination charges for 0844, 0843, 0871, 0872, 0873 and 09 number ranges (CW/01088/03/12). Details of BT’s appeal can be found on the CAT's website at http://www.catribunal.org.uk/.
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On 4 April 2013, Ofcom issued its final determinations of these disputes and of the related dispute about termination charges for 0844, 0843, 0871, 0872, 0873 and 09 number ranges (CW/01088/03/12) to the parties in dispute.
We have published a non-confidential version of our final determinations (see related items).
Update note: 19 December 2012
We have received requests to extend the period for comment on the provisional conclusions. Following these requests and the fact that the current period for responses includes the Christmas holiday period, we have decided to extend the period for comments on the provisional conclusions to 5pm on 4 January 2013.
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Update note: 4 December 2012
On 4 December 2012, Ofcom issued its joint provisional conclusions concerning this dispute and CW/01088/03/12 to BT, EE, H3G, O2 and Vodafone (please see related item).
The period for comments on the provisional conclusions will close at 5 pm on 28 December 2012. Please send responses to:
Melanie Everitt
Ofcom
Riverside House
2A Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA
Or by e-mail to melanie.everitt@ofcom.org.uk
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Update note: 6 January 2012
Having considered all relevant circumstances that exist, we consider that this is now a case in relation to which exceptional circumstances apply in so far as it would not be appropriate to proceed to...
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