The next biggest single telecoms fine by Ofcom was £3.7 million, which was issued to Vodafone last October. The regulator found that between January 2013 and December 2014 BT had reduced compensation for other telecoms providers after late installations. The installations provide the link to Openreach’s high-speed cables that most telecoms companies in Britain use to provide broadband for customers. BT will also have to pay an estimated £300 million in compensation to the affected companies within the next twelve months. Gaucho Rasmussen, Ofcom’s investigations director, told Radio 4’s Today programme: “BT broke…

Source: The Times March 27, 2017 00:45 UTC