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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Spain's antitrust watchdog on Friday imposed a 6-million-euro ($6.35 million) fine on Telefonica<\/a> for commercial practices, such as permanence clauses on smart phone leases, that violated the terms of a 2015 takeover accord for cable TV operator DTS.

CNMC, as the regulator is known, said Telefonica's commercial offers, which included the lease of smart phones, with so-called permanence clauses preventing clients from switching providers, breached the commitments it made to get the merger approved.

Telefonica had agreed to refrain from hindering pay-TV customers switching to other providers for at least five years to ensure free competition, CNMC said. The period was extended for another three years in 2020, it added.

CNMC said clients who contracted the
Movistar Fusion<\/a> package from April 11, 2021 and took on a smartphone lease, were subject to permanence conditions and a penalty for early discharge over a three-year period. With these contracts, Telefonica restricted clients' ability to contract similar services with other competing operators.

The fine can be appealed before the national high court within two months. The regulator has said it opened proceedings in December 2022.

A spokesperson for Telefonica said the company will appeal as it does not consider that it has breached commitments on permanence conditions on pay-TV services.

Telefonica is the largest cable-TV operator in Spain in terms of number of customers. It acquired control of DTS from Spanish media company Prisa for 724.6 million euros ($769.6 million).
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西班牙电信反垄断监管机构罚款/ DTS收购条款

有色作为监管机构说,西班牙电信的商业提供,其中包括智能手机的租赁,所谓的永久条款阻止客户端切换供应商,违反了承诺批准合并。

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西班牙的反垄断监管机构周五征收600万欧元(合635万美元)的罚款西班牙电话公司商业实践,如永久在智能手机租赁条款,这违反了2015年收购协议条款规定的有线电视运营商DTS。

有色作为监管机构说,西班牙电信的商业提供,其中包括智能手机的租赁,所谓的永久条款阻止客户端切换供应商,违反了承诺批准合并。

西班牙电信已同意避免阻碍付费电视用户切换到其他提供商至少五年确保自由竞争,有色说。期间于2020年延长三年,它补充说。

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有色说客户合同Movistar公司融合包从2021年4月11日,在智能手机上租赁,受到永久的条件和惩罚早期放电在三年内。与这些合同,西班牙电信限制合同类似服务客户的能力与其他运营商的竞争。

好可以在两个月内之前全国高等法院上诉。监管机构表示,2022年12月打开程序。

西班牙电信公司的一位发言人说,公司将会吸引它并不认为它违反了承诺永久条件对付费电视服务。

在西班牙Telefonica是最大的有线电视运营商的客户数量。从西班牙媒体公司收购控制DTS Prisa以7.246亿欧元(合7.696亿美元)。
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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Spain's antitrust watchdog on Friday imposed a 6-million-euro ($6.35 million) fine on Telefonica<\/a> for commercial practices, such as permanence clauses on smart phone leases, that violated the terms of a 2015 takeover accord for cable TV operator DTS.

CNMC, as the regulator is known, said Telefonica's commercial offers, which included the lease of smart phones, with so-called permanence clauses preventing clients from switching providers, breached the commitments it made to get the merger approved.

Telefonica had agreed to refrain from hindering pay-TV customers switching to other providers for at least five years to ensure free competition, CNMC said. The period was extended for another three years in 2020, it added.

CNMC said clients who contracted the
Movistar Fusion<\/a> package from April 11, 2021 and took on a smartphone lease, were subject to permanence conditions and a penalty for early discharge over a three-year period. With these contracts, Telefonica restricted clients' ability to contract similar services with other competing operators.

The fine can be appealed before the national high court within two months. The regulator has said it opened proceedings in December 2022.

A spokesperson for Telefonica said the company will appeal as it does not consider that it has breached commitments on permanence conditions on pay-TV services.

Telefonica is the largest cable-TV operator in Spain in terms of number of customers. It acquired control of DTS from Spanish media company Prisa for 724.6 million euros ($769.6 million).
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