Megafon, Beeline and Tele2 canceled fees for the distribution of the Internet from devices. In this respect reported On the Telegram channel of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation.
The message reported that the service alert for “Megafon”, “Beeline” and Tele2 was implemented.
FAS announced that Megafon canceled the fee as of October 23.
“Individual technical malfunctions may occur for a month due to the cancellation of tariffs for the distribution function,” FAS warned.
Tele2 will cancel fees for new subscribers as of November 22 and fees for all subscribers as of December 19.
Beeline will cancel fees on all tariffs with limited Internet packages until December 1. The operator is evaluating when it can cancel charges on unlimited plans.
“Taking into account the deadlines for technical implementation, it was decided to extend the period for compliance with the warnings” – Additional To FAS.
Despite the FAS requirement, MTS management decided to continue writing off money for distributing Internet traffic from mobile devices. The company noted that such a measure supposedly does not violate the interests of users.
There were many complaints
MOROCCO compulsory The Big Four operators will cancel fees for Internet distribution from mobile devices on September 18.
“The Ministry found that telecom operators impose negative terms of the contract on the provision of communication services to subscribers by setting fees for the distribution of Internet traffic from subscriber devices. “The anti-monopoly service has received a large number of requests from mobile operator subscribers,” he reported.
The agency saw signs of violations of anti-monopoly laws in the operators’ actions, issued warnings to stop such actions, and threatened to sue.
The FAS said in August 2023 that experts had sent a request to the Big Four operators “to determine the full circumstances and details”. However, the company did not provide sufficient economic, technological or other justification.
“On the one hand, operators suddenly started commercializing this. FAS naturally wants services to be accessible and prices not to increase. The operators’ arguments are clear, so we will try to find some balance with both the operators and the FAS. “Naturally, we believe that we need to look for a middle ground here,” he said. commented Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev in September.