Commercial Court Division
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA
(COMMERCIAL COURT DIVISION)
HCT - 00 - CC - CS - 297- 2008
MTN UGANDA LIMITED ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
UGANDA TELECOM LIMITED ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DEFENDANT
BEFORE: THE HON. JUSTICE GEOFFREY KIRYABWIRE.
J U D G M E N T:
The Plaintiff M/s MTN Uganda Limited (hereinafter referred to as “MTN”) a
telecommunications company sued M/s Uganda Telecom Limited (hereinafter referred
to
as
“UTL”)
another
telecommunications
company
for
the
sum
of
UShs.3,482,303,277/= for breach of contract arising from an Interconnection
Agreement between them.
It is the case for the Plaintiff’s MTN that they entered into an Interconnection
Agreement with the Defendant UTL on the 1st February, 2001 which set out the terms
and fees by which the parties would interconnect their networks. MTN then over time
billed UTL for the period March to December, 2007 the sum of UShs.6,967,993,089/=
out of which UTL only paid UShs.3,475,689,812/= leaving an outstanding unpaid
amount of UShs.3,482,303,277/=. The said sum of UShs.3,482,303,277/= arises out
of a dispute as to the treatment of telecommunications traffic to a Southern Sudan
telecom company called M/s Gemtel Limited (hereinafter called Gemtel) through UTL.
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