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France is Investigating Apple's Contracts With Carriers

France is Investigating Apple's Contracts With Carriers

Posted September 26, 2013 at 2:00am by iClarified
France is investing Apple's contract agreements with carriers as part of a probe into the relationships between device makers and cellular network operators, according to the WSJ.

The investigation—run by an administrative body that falls under the French finance ministry—is the latest that looks at Apple's relationship with phone operators, many of whom have chafed under contracts that some European telecom executives say can oblige them to buy large volumes of phones and dictate marketing budgets.

"For operators, handsets have become one of the big expenses," said one of the people familiar with the matter. "There is a balance of power that is shifting."


France has launched other investigation into Apple's business practices. During a 24-hour operation in July, French competition authority 'Autorite de la Concurrence' raided Apple's offices and the offices of its major wholesalers and distributors. It was allegedly looking into whether Apple had engaged in unfair competition against distributors in France that resell its products.

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paulMOGG
paulMOGG - September 27, 2013 at 10:56am
And also I didn't know in france you could pay the government to end the case tut tut !
Jennifer
Jennifer - September 26, 2013 at 8:36pm
France is a pretty active government when it comes to consumer protection. It is not a "whatever you can get away with" mentality like the US. People here get outraged over retail products more than I have seen in America, and they certainly don't like monopolies like US and Canada seem to favour, so I'm sure there will be some dirty work found. However, I'm also sure a company like Apple will just pay money to end the case.
paulMOGG
paulMOGG - September 26, 2013 at 3:11pm
Really Vincent ?
God is Steve
God is Steve - September 26, 2013 at 11:40am
So true. I wish John Kerry would just move to France and get it over with.
phil me
phil me - September 26, 2013 at 5:32am
take them down!
TheRealNoGoodNick
TheRealNoGoodNick - September 26, 2013 at 4:10pm
the nokia's I bet!
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