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Telecom giants wrongly spared in collusion suit, Phones4U tells UK appeal court

By Simon Zekaria ( May 20, 2025, 14:40 GMT | Insight) -- Administrators for Phones4U told UK appeal judges today that the High Court made a flawed ruling when it said they failed to show O2, Vodafone and EE forced the now-defunct company out of business through anticompetitive collusion. Last year, Phones4U won permission from the Court of Appeal to appeal the verdict, after the High Court refused permission to appeal.A UK judge was wrong last year to find that major telecom operators O2, Vodafone and EE hadn't been shown to have forced Phones4U out of business through anticompetitive collusion, administrators for the now-defunct company told appeal judges today.*...

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