{"id":13869,"date":"2017-05-05T13:41:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T12:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2017-05-05T13:44:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T12:44:42","slug":"bt-lose-appeal-ofcom-demand-22m-ethernet-interest-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/05\/bt-lose-appeal-ofcom-demand-22m-ethernet-interest-payment.html","title":{"rendered":"BT Lose Appeal Over Ofcom Demand for \u00a322m Ethernet Interest Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of fighting, the Court of Appeal has rejected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s most recent attempt to stop a ruling by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> over the rate of interest payable in respect to their past overcharging for Ethernet services, which could force them to pay \u00a322m+ to rivals. Next stop.. Supreme Court?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The problem itself goes all the way back to the 2006-2011 period and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> appeared to have reached a conclusion in June 2015, when they ruled that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> had overcharged for business Ethernet (<strong>Backhaul Extension Services<\/strong>). This initially required them to repay <strong>\u00a394m+<\/strong> to Sky (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>, Cable &amp; Wireless Worldwide (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>) and Verizon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/ofcom-attempt-to-finally-resolve-bt-ethernet-overcharging-dispute.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>At the time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> decided as follows..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Ofcom&#8217;s Provisional Conclusions on the Remitted Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.7.1 Adjusting for the ECC overpayment, the correct amount of principal overcharge by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> is \u00a394,620,000.<\/p>\n<p>1.7.2 The corrected figure above takes account of the repayment that BT is entitled to in respect of the exclusion of ECCs of \u00a3203,000.<\/p>\n<p>1.7.3 The interest on the corrected principal overcharge payable by BT is \u00a322,422,000.<\/p>\n<p>1.7.4 The net amount which BT should repay to the Disputing Parties (i.e. the interest less the ECCs adjustment) is \u00a322,219,000; and<\/p>\n<p>1.7.5 From 29 December 2012, BT should pay interest on the net amount due to the Disputing Parties at a rate of BoE+1%.<\/p>\n<p>1.8 From 29 December 2012, BT is entitled to interest on the ECC overpayment. By calculating a net amount due to the Disputing Parties, and allowing for interest on that net amount only, BT\u2019s entitlement has been given effect to in these Provisional Conclusions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shortly after that the Court of Appeal granted BT permission to dispute a related judgement by the <strong>Competition Appeal Tribunal<\/strong> (CAT), with the telecoms giant asking the court to &#8220;<em>consider whether Ofcom has power to award interest in resolving a dispute<\/em>.&#8221; Yesterday the court finally came back to uphold CAT&#8217;s judgement and Ofcom has thus printed their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0022\/101596\/Ethernet-final-determinations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Final Determination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However the case might not be over just yet because a spokesperson for BT has said that the operator plans to review the judgement before deciding &#8220;<em>whether we appeal to the Supreme Court<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of fighting, the Court of Appeal has rejected BT&#8217;s most recent attempt to stop a ruling by Ofcom over the rate of interest payable in respect to their past overcharging for Ethernet services, which could force them to pay \u00a322m+ to rivals. 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