Free ordered to pay 25 million euros to Bouygues, who will have to pay… 5 million euros

We all remember
of the thunderous launch of Free mobile a little over a year ago
NOWXavier Niel, on stage, used bird names
(literally) to designatecustomers of mobile operators
existing, its new competitors.

This was not really to their taste and Bouygues Telecom carried
since the case in court, accusing Free of "disparagement and
unfair competition.” The verdict has just been rendered and according to information
reported
by Le Figaro here, Free is ordered to pay25 million euros
damages to Bouygues.

But at the same time, Bouyges, which had responded on its side, is
also convicted, more lightly, since the operator will have to
pay him 5 million euros to Free for denigration.

Bouygues originally demanded 100 million euros, the courts considered
that it was worth less than that, but Free will no longer be able to qualify customers
of Bouygues pigeons, under penalty of having to pay a fine of 100,000
euros per violation noted.

Will this inspire other operators? To have !

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founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.