BT fined £42 million by Ofcom

The fine follows an investigation by Ofcom into the network body, Openreach, which was sold by BT.

Ofcom has fined BT £42 million for breaching contracts with telecoms providers in order to reduce compensation for failing to deliver their services on time.

The investigation into the network infrastructure company that was owned by BT found that between January 2013 and December 2014, BT misused the terms of its contracts with telecoms companies to reduce the compensation due when network lines were not delivered on time.

Ofcom also found that BT, who has admitted failings, took advantage of it’s market power due to most telecoms companies relying on BT in order to provide services such as broadband.

Ofcom investigations director Gaucho Rasmussen said: “These high-speed lines are a vital part of this country’s digital backbone.

“We found BT broke our rules by failing to pay other telecoms companies proper compensation when these services were not provided on time.

“Our message is clear – we will not tolerate this sort of behaviour.”

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