Industry: Telecoms services

A Quebec appeal court has unfrozen US$17 million in funds belonging to India’s national flag carrier, finding that the province’s civil code does not permit enforcement against a state-owned company merely because it is an “alter ego” of a debtor state.

22 September 2022

A Singaporean technology company says it has won a favourable AAA award against its former partner in a Brazilian mobile network.

21 July 2022

Malaysia’s state-owned telecoms company says it has defeated a US$34.5 million SIAC claim brought by a Singapore-registered IPTV services provider, also winning a counterclaim for misrepresentation.

08 July 2022

A US court has enforced an ICSID award requiring a Florida telecoms company to pay nearly US$6 million in costs plus interest to Uruguay following an unsuccessful treaty claim that was backed by a third-party funder.

24 June 2022

An ICSID tribunal has dismissed Georgia’s preliminary objection to a case concerning a local internet provider, holding that a pre-arbitration inter-state negotiation clause lacks “bite” and only required the investor to issue notice of its claim.

20 June 2022

An ICC panel has ordered a Kosovan government-owned telecoms company to pay damages after finding that it failed to act in good faith during contract renewal talks with a local mobile operator.

23 February 2022

Investors in Devas Multimedia have launched a new treaty claim against India over its “unprecedented” efforts to thwart enforcement of a US$1.3 billion ICC award – weeks after the company’s liquidation was upheld by the Indian Supreme Court. 

03 February 2022

A dual national backed by a third-party funder has seen his billion-dollar treaty claim against Venezuela thrown out based on his “dominant and effective” nationality.

01 February 2022

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has made good on its threat to bring an investment treaty claim against Sweden over its exclusion from the rollout of 5G network technology amid national security concerns.

24 January 2022

Mauritian investors in an Indian telecoms company have frozen US$30 million in aviation funds in their bid to collect on a treaty award against India – as they get the all-clear to pursue assets in Virginia.

05 January 2022