Ofcom has published a Determination under section 190 of the Communications Act 2003 (the Act) to resolve a dispute between British Telecommunications plc (BT) and the providers listed in Annex A to the Determination (the Providers).
This dispute relates to BTís payments to other providers which BT makes when passing NTS traffic for the 0845, 0820 and 0870 number ranges (the relevant NTS number ranges) to those providers. On 1 June 2003 BT reduced the retail prices for some 0845, 0870 and 0820 calls, and in accordance with BTís NTS Call Origination Condition AA11 imposed following the ëReview of the fixed narrowband wholesale exchange line, call origination, conveyance and transit marketsí published on 28 November 20031 this led to BT proposing a reduction in the payments made to those providers in relation to the relevant NTS number ranges.