Court hears telecoms firm could face multi-million penalty in ’access’ probe

Telecoms watchdog Comreg is seeking to impose penalties on Eircom running into millions of Euros over the company’s alleged failure to comply with its obligation on access to its network for other telecommunication providers, the Commercial Court has heard, reports Ann O’Loughlin.

Telecoms watchdog Comreg is seeking to impose penalties on Eircom running into millions of Euros over the company’s alleged failure to comply with its obligation on access to its network for other telecommunication providers, the Commercial Court has heard, reports Ann O’Loughlin.

The claim was made by Maurice Collins SC, for Eircom, now known as eir, as he opposed an application by the Commission for Communications Regulations (Comreg) to have the case entered into the High Court’s fast track commercial list.