European Court rejects max.mobil case
Europemedia.net
The European Court of Justice has rejected legal action by mobile operator max.mobil, who alleged the Austrian government was favouring Mobilkom, a partly state-owned rival operator.
T-Mobile, who owns max.mobil, claimed the government was giving preferential treatment to Mobilkom when it allocated DCS 1800 MHz frequencies and network access – controlled by the Postal and Telegraph Administration. The company argued it should have been charged lower concession fees.
But the court threw out the application and ordered max.mobil to pay court costs. T-Mobil had previously taken its case to the European Commission, which refused to get involved.
