Thursday, April 14, 2011

France Telecom fined EUR 10 million in Numericable

The operator France Telecom has been fined 10 million euros in the French cable operator Numericable for anti-competitive behavior on the Internet access market in 2001-2002, according to information published by La Tribune, Thursday 14 April. This behavior was sanctioned by the European Commission in 2003 had condemned France Telecom was fined 10.35 million euros, without indemnify operators (Free, Neuf Cegetel, Alice, Club Internet ...) victims of these practices, said the newspaper.

They then initiated proceedings before the Commercial Court of Paris before finding an amicable agreement with the incumbent. Numericable he had not reached an agreement with France Telecom and had continued its lawsuit, claiming up to 1.5 billion euros. OTHER ACTIONS IN PROGRESS The commercial court has ordered France Telecom to a sum much less than, 10 million, arguing that the anticompetitive behavior of the operator that he had lost 45,000 subscribers.

Numericable has undertaken other actions against France Telecom. The dispute concerns including the use of ducts through which passes the optical fiber. Numericable claims 3.1 billion euros in damages in the two proceedings are conducted before the Commercial Court of Paris and before the International Chamber of Commerce of Paris.

Asked by the business daily, France Telecom, "said they had not decided whether to appeal." Numericable has not made any comments.

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