The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven - CBB) has granted the appeals filed against the OPTA decisions of 14 Nov 2005 and 31 May 2006 relating to the wholesale markets for voice call termination on individual mobile networks. 

The Tribunal has proceeded to completely annul the OPTA decisions, which relate to the wholesale call termination charges of KPN Mobile/Telfort, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and Tele2. This decision affects the entire programme of reductions of wholesale mobile call termination charges, including the reduction which came into effect on 1 July 2006. 

OPTA is directed to take new decisions with regard to the market for voice call termination on individual mobile networks (Market 16 of the European Commission's Recommendation on Relevant Markets Susceptible to Ex-Ante Regulation), taking into account the ruling of the Tribunal. 

Only the decision to grant the appeals has been published at this stage. It can be accessed (in Dutch) by clicking here. The full content and reasoning of the ruling will be sent to the parties and will be published within two weeks.