Telefónica controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
European Commission re-imposes fines on Telefónica and Pharol
Fine or penalty
The European Commission re-adopted its decision and imposed fines of €66,894,000 on Telefónica and €12,146,000 on Pharol for entering into a non-compete agreement in breach of EU antitrust rules.
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The European Commission has re-adopted a decision against Telefónica and Pharol (formerly Portugal Telecom) and has imposed a fine of €66,894,000 on Telefónica and of €12,146,000 on Pharol forentering into a non-compete agreement, in breach of EU antitrust rules.
2019
Spain fines Telefonica for breaching DTS takeover terms
Fine or penalty
Spain's National Market and Communication Commission fined Telefonica €1.5 million for breaching the terms of its takeover of pay-TV platform DTS. The regulator said Telefonica failed to provide wholesale access to premium football content at a guaranteed minimum rate and wrongly calculated the subscriber count used for the minimum guaranteed cost of its Movistar Partidazo channel.
Spain’s National Market and Communication Commission fined Telefonica €1.5 million for breaching the terms of its takeover of pay-TV platform DTS. The regulator said Telefonica failed to provide wholesale access to premium football content at a guaranteed minimum rate and wrongly calculated the subscriber count used for the minimum guaranteed cost of its Movistar Partidazo channel.
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The regulator found that Telefonica failed to provide wholesale access to the premium football content on the channels it acquired at a guaranteed minimum rate.
The CNMC said that Telefonica wrongly calculated how many subscribers it had when it provided the minimum guaranteed cost of its Movistar Partidazo channel in July 2016.