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Russian: Competition regulator probes SMS prices

By  |  January 20, 2016

Russian federal competition regulator FAS has initiated an investigation into SMS traffic rates applied to SMS aggregators by Russian mobile operator MTS, Beeline and Megafon, reports Vedomosti.

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    The modification of the rates led to price increases for end-users. Companies using the text dissemination service submitted appeals to the watchdog on the issue. MTS claims that it introduced new rates in order to reduce the SMS spam.

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