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Whistl was Royal Mail’s only competitor and deliberately blocked, Ofcom witness tells court

By Simon Zekaria ( June 26, 2019, 17:08 GMT | Insight) -- Whistl was Royal Mail's only credible competitor in bulk-mail delivery, and the UK communications regulator feared the postal incumbent had deliberately set out to block its rival, an economic expert for Ofcom has told a judge in London. At Royal Mail's appeal today against an antitrust fine, experts again focused on Ofcom's decision not to test whether Royal Mail shut out Whistl as an "as-efficient competitor" from mail services.Whistl was Royal Mail's only credible competitor in bulk-mail delivery, and the UK communications regulator feared the incumbent postal operator had deliberately set out to block the company, an economic expert for Ofcom told a judge in London today....

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