Deutsche Telekom Wins EU Court Fight Over Unpaid Interest

Deutsche Telekom AG won a European Union court fight for compensation as part of a dispute over interest on a cartel fine paid to the bloc’s regulators.

The EU’s Court of Justice on Tuesday backed an earlier ruling from the bloc’s lower-tier court, which awarded the company €1.8 million in compensation, finding that the European Commission should pay interest on part of the underlying penalty that had been cut on appeal.

The European Commission in 2014 fined the company 31.1 million euros for stifling internet rivals. On appeal, a lower EU court cut the fine by about 12 million euros, ...