Positive court verdict in data cost litigation
Munich, June 23rd, 2008 – The longest pending of three data cost litigations filed by telegate AG against Deutsche Telekom AG has finally been decided upon in a last instance ruling that is now legally enforceable. According to the verdict, Deutsche Telekom AG must refund telegate AG an amount of 4.25 million Euro plus accrued interest in the amount of 1.28 million Euro, bringing the sum total up to 5.53 million Euro. The reclamation relates to excessively charged costs for subscriber data obtained in the period January to September 1999. The German Federal High Court (Bundesgerichtshof) had dismissed Deutsche Telekom's appeal for non-admission of the suit. This makes the verdict of the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf of 20.06.2007 (court number VI-U [Kart] 4/02) final and binding.
In all, telegate AG has sued Deutsche Telekom AG for repayment of excessively charge data costs of around 100 million Euro (incl. interest) for the years 1996 to 2004. The Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf had already ruled in favor of telegate AG in the other two of the three partial proceedings, but in these two suits the final judgments are still outstanding. Next to the two reclamation cases, another action to recover damages from Deutsche Telekom is also currently pending. In the latter proceeding, telegate is asserting claims totaling around 86 million Euro, plus interest.
Press Contact:
Claudia Strixner
telegate AG
Head of Public Relations
Fraunhofer Str. 12a
82152 München-Martinsried
Tel.: 089/ 8954-1188
Fax: 089/ 8954-1189
e-mail: presse@telegate.com
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