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Colombia: Mobile operator must abide unfair competition measures

By  |  April 14, 2015

Colombia’s Superintendence for Industry and Commerce has issued judicial measures against Claro, Colombia’s largest mobile phone operator, ordering the company to adjust the interconnection rates and comply with asymmetric rates imposed by the Communications Regulation Commission.

The SIC has determined, after analysing a request by Colombia Telecomunicaciones (Telefónica’s Colombian branch), that Claro has engaged in unfair competition practices by charging higher rates than allowed by a 2010 regulation.

Ignoring this regulation would translate to an unfair advantage for Claro by negatively affecting Telefónica’s commercial policies and financial status through the violation of a judicial requirement. Claro has been ordered to adjust their rates effective immediately through the start of 2015.

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