Industry: Telecommunications

An ICDR tribunal has awarded US$354 million to US private equity investors in a “deeply troubling” dispute with the majority shareholders of a Guatemala-based telecoms company, who were found to be responsible for a campaign of intimidation against the claimants and arbitrators. 

27 March 2025

A TV and broadband provider has settled its ICSID claim against Serbia over allegations it faced harassment from state authorities who gave its competitors preferential treatment. 

11 March 2025

A US court has refused to enforce a telecoms company’s US$25 million ICC award against Guinea, disagreeing with the findings of the tribunal and the courts of the seat that the state was a party to the arbitration agreement. 

20 February 2025

A Dutch appeal court says a subsidiary of defunct telecoms group Devas Multimedia can enforce a US$1.4 billion ICC award against an Indian state-owned satellite company, finding that Indian court rulings liquidating Devas and setting the award aside lacked due process.  

18 December 2024

Spain's Telefónica says it has won US$380 million in damages in an ICSID claim against Colombia over the reversion of assets relating to a telecoms concession.

13 November 2024

The French Court of Cassation has rejected an appeal by India’s Antrix over the enforcement of a US$1.3 billion ICC award, upholding an earlier ruling that the tribunal was validly constituted under a clause that provided for either ICC or UNCITRAL arbitration. 

11 November 2024

A split ICSID tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay damages to a Peruvian entrepreneur over the seizure of his telecoms company by judicial officers and armed police. 

18 October 2024

A Guatemalan telecoms group has threatened El Salvador with a US$130 million treaty claim over a plan to roll-out a 4G network – invoking a rarely-cited investment agreement between five Central American states.  

07 October 2024

The Czech Republic has revealed it is defending an investment treaty claim brought by a Dublin-based group over a thwarted effort to set up a telecoms network using high-altitude aircraft. 

04 October 2024

A US court has issued a default judgment permitting a telecoms company to enforce ICC awards worth US$190 million against Peru – but has refused to do the same against a state agency that is contesting enforcement.  

02 October 2024