Violation Tracker UK Individual Case

Company: BT Group plc
Current Parent Company: BT
Penalty: £6,300,000
Year: 2020
Date: 11 December, 2020
Offence Group: competition-related offences
Offence Type: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: BT was fined £6.3 million in settlement of a finding by Ofcom that the company broke regulations requiring it to treat all wholesale customers equally to address competition problems that might otherwise arise. Staff from certain arms of BT provided preferential information to BT for its bid to provide data services for the Northern Ireland public sector.
Action Type: agency action
Settlement Type: settlement with Ofcom
Agency: Office of Communications
HQ Country of Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Parent: telecommunications
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