telecommunications

China tried to punish European states for Huawei bans by adding eleventh-hour rule to EU investment deal

11-Jan-2021 South China Morning Post

Draft text shows Beijing looked to withhold telecoms sector benefits to firms from countries with restrictions on Chinese telecoms companies.

Vodafone arbitration award: Centre to challenge telco’s Rs 22,100 crore tax case win

27-Oct-2020 Business Today

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has advised the government that the decision of an arbitration tribunal cannot contradict the law passed by a sovereign parliament.

Why India should challenge the Vodafone-India BIT award

26-Oct-2020 Bar and Bench

The scope of consent to arbitration is an important issue that needs to be finally settled - not least because it could have multi-billion dollar implications for India in respect of other cases involving challenges to India’s taxation measures by foreign investors.

Orange begins legal proceedings against Iraq government

15-Oct-2020 Telecompaper

Orange Group has instituted legal proceedings against Iraq in an attempt to claw back more than USD 400 million in investments it alleges were expropriated by the country’s regulator.

India to contest Vodafone arbitration judgement: Report

1-Oct-2020 Deccan Herald

The Indian government plans to contest the judgement on the Vodafone arbitration award in Hague.

Vodafone ruling may set precedent for other cases

28-Sep-2020 livemint

Vodafone Group Plc’s big win against the Indian government could set a precedent for similar arbitration cases, including the one initiated by Cairn Energy Plc.

Vodafone wins international arbitration against India in $2 billion tax case

25-Sep-2020 Reuters

Vodafone won an international arbitration case against the Indian government, ending one of the most high-profile disputes in the country involving a $2 billion tax claim.

Telenor’s legal notice through the eyes of int’l investment law

2-Jan-2020 Daily Star

Telenor, the principal investor of Bangladesh’s leading mobile phone operator Grameen Phone, has served a legal notice to the President of Bangladesh seeking arbitration.

Telefonica Mexico withdraws EUR 850 mln arbitration request - report

7-May-2018 Telecompaper

Telefonica Mexico has withdrawn its arbitration claim against the Mexican government in which it had requested compensation amounting to around EUR 850 million after reaching an agreement with the country.

Nafta negotiators wrap up telecom chapter, sources say

20-Apr-2018 Bloomberg

Key divides still remain on autos, agriculture, dispute panels. Freeland says she’ll take the time to ‘get a good deal’.

US weighs Nafta telecom proposal to end AT&T impasse

19-Mar-2018 Bloomberg

Trump’s negotiators had sought to pen in Mexican regulations. Mexico countered with trilateral plan to promote competition.

Telefonica files complaint to ICSID over Colombia fine

23-Feb-2018 Telecompaper

Telefonica has filed an arbitration complaint with the World Bank’s ICSID against the Colombian arbitration fine for breaching a government contract for mobile services.

India’s top court allows Vodafone to initiate second arbitration over $2 bln tax demand

14-Dec-2017 Reuters

India’s top court allowed Britain’s Vodafone to initiate a second arbitration process under an India-UK investment pact .

Mexico bristles at US proposal that would benefit AT&T in NAFTA

16-Nov-2017 Reuters

Mexico shot down a proposal by the United States to include provisions in the North America Free Trade Agreement that would benefit AT&T Inc, Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said.

Would Vodafone comply with Delhi high court order?

4-Sep-2017 Live Mint

The Delhi high court has passed an ex-parte order restraining Vodafone Group Plc. from proceeding with arbitration under the India-UK Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (India-UK BIPA). However, it remains to be seen whether Vodafone would comply with this order of the court.

Foreign investors may take Korea’s mobile fee cut to ISD settlement

30-Aug-2017 The Investor

Foreign investors are making increasing inquiries about possible losses to their investment in South Korean telecom companies, three days before the carriers are to decide on whether to file a lawsuit against the government’s fee cut plan, industry sources said on Aug. 28.