Industry: Telecoms services

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

07 December 2021

A joint venture between Kuwaiti logistics group Agility and France’s Orange has won a fraud claim against a Lebanese bank concerning an investment in an Iraqi mobile operator that is the subject of two ICSID cases.

05 October 2021

A French telecoms company has lodged an ICSID claim against Morocco, while neighbouring Algeria has been threatened with a claim by a Spanish investor in a fertiliser venture.

21 September 2021

Mexico says it has defeated an investment treaty claim for more than US$120 million brought by France's Eutelsat over the reservation of satellite capacity for use by the state.

17 September 2021

With the country in the midst of a military coup, Guinea has failed to persuade a Paris court to overturn a US$25 million ICC award won by a Seychelles-based telecoms group on grounds of corruption.

07 September 2021

A Hong Kong court has upheld an award in favour of a satellite operator after finding that it is up to arbitrators to decide whether a party has complied with pre-conditions to arbitration in an escalation clause – a ruling that counsel say could have a “far reaching” impact in other UNCITRAL Model Law jurisdictions. 

23 June 2021

A Kuwaiti logistics group has turned to new counsel in its bid to revive a US$660 million ICSID claim against Iraq over the alleged expropriation of a mobile phone operator.

08 June 2021

An Indian quasi-judicial entity has ordered the liquidation of Devas Multimedia and blocked it from enforcing a billion-dollar ICC award against a state-owned entity based on allegations of fraud.

28 May 2021

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14 May 2021

Colombia has prevailed in two investment treaty disputes – a billion-dollar ICSID claim by Mexico's América Móvil over the alleged expropriation of a telecoms concession and a US$323 million UNCITRAL claim brought by three dual nationals over their former ownership of a bank.

10 May 2021