London Court of Arbitration orders TATA Sons to pay USD 1.17 billion
Q. London Court of Arbitration has ordered Tata Sons to pay NTT DOCOMO US $1.17 billion for agreement in which joint venture?- Published on 27 Jun 16a. TTSL
b. Tata Teleservices Limited
c. Tata Telecommunications Limited
d. Both a and b
ANSWER: Both a and b
London Court of Arbitration has ordered TATA Sons to pay Japan’s largest mobile phone firm NTT DOCOMO USD 1.17 billion in compensation for breaching an agreement on a JV
- In January 2015, NTT DOCOMO Inc of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp filed a request against TATA Sons claiming latter had failed to find a buyer for the DOCOMO stake in TTSL
- The London Court ordered TATA Sons to pay DOCOMO US $1172 million for breach of the shareholders agreement
- Japan’s largest communications service provider entered the country by acquiring a stake in Tata Teleservices for USD 2.7 billion after the Indian telco was granted dual technology license that permitted CDMA operators to offer rival GSM based services as well.