Spain Appeals European Commission Decision Against Telefonica

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Robert Klotz, Nov 26, 2007

The Spanish Government recently decided to lodge an appeal before the European Court of First Instance (CFI) against the European Commission’s decision of July 4, 2007 imposing on Telefonica a high fine for abusing its dominant position in the Spanish broadband access market. At almost 152 million Euros, this was the largest antitrust fine ever imposed by the Commission on a telecommunications comp