Court Throws Out CHF18m Swisscom Fine in Fibre-Optic Dispute
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Swisscom won in appeal to the Swiss Federal Administrative Court against a decision of the country's antitrust body that had fined the company for its fiber optic network expansion plans. Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full access, access the link of the material and register.
Swisscom had not acted unlawfully with regard to the expansion of the fibre-optic network vis-à-vis other telecoms companies.
The Federal Administrative Court has just quashed the fine of some 18 million francs imposed on the incumbent operator by the Commission de la concurrence (COMCO). According to the judgment made public in Saint-Gall, the former monopoly did not hold a dominant position in the market defined by the regulatory authority. This verdict constitutes a new coup de théâtre after [...]
More than two years after being sanctioned by the Commission de la concurrence (COMCO) in the fibre optics case, Swisscom won the Federal Administrative Tribunal. The decision and fine of 18 million francs were annulled.
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