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Spanish consumer body slams operator price hikes

Wednesday 14 February 2018 | 14:16 CET | News
Spanish consumer protection authority Facua has filed a complaint with the country’s communications regulator CNMC about the recent across-the-board increases in prices announced by Telefonica, Orange and Vodafone. In a strongly-worded statement, Facua even accused the operators of collusion, saying the price hikes applied to convergent packages “may respond to a pact that would be contrary to the Competition Act."

The consumer body added that the February price rises are just the latest in a series of hikes that have been taking place since 2015 in a market “dominated by an oligopoly that renounces competition and… takes advantage of the fact that for years the government has refrained from regulating the tariffs of the main services provided.”


 



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Categories: General
Companies: Movistar / Orange Spain / Telefonica / Vodafone / Vodafone Spain
Countries: Spain
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