They sanction Telefónica for alleged discriminatory conduct against its competitors

They sanction Telefónica for alleged discriminatory conduct against its competitors

The CNMC considers that the company could have incurred a very serious infraction of the General Law of Telecommunications

  The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has opened a sanctioning procedure against Telefónica for alleged discriminatory conduct against its competitors in the times of provision and resolution of failures of wholesale services NEBA copper and fiber, reported Monday the organism.

The CNMC has analyzed the period between January 2017 and March 2018 and from the data obtained, it has found "sufficient evidence" that Telefónica has breached the non-discrimination obligation imposed by its position as an operator with significant power in the wholesale broadband markets.

In this regard, Competencia recalls that Telefónica must provide "third party resources equivalent to those provided to itself (*) under the same conditions and terms." Said conditions and terms are included in the wholesale offers approved by the CNMC.

"The non-discrimination obligation imposed by Telefónica refers to both the quality of the service and the delivery terms and other conditions of supply , regardless of the physical location," he said.

Competence alleges that Telefónica would have provided services and repaired its own customers' failures in better times than those recorded for the provision and maintenance of wholesale services provided to alternative operators.

In this way, the CNMC considers that Telefónica could have incurred a very serious infraction of the General Telecommunications Law.

Competition recalls that the opening of this file does not prejudge the final result of the investigation. The agency will now have a maximum period of one year for the investigation of the file and for its resolution.