Telecom Italia faces fine of $847,000 (Italy)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: L’Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), the Italian antitrust has reportedly imposed a two fines on the mobile operator, Telecom Italia, totalling EUR600,000 (USD847,000) for anticompetitive behaviour. The regulator firstly fined the incumbent for TI EUR320,000 for obstructing customers efforts to switch operator, and a further EUR280,000 for adopting a commercial practice which was ‘aimed at keeping customers who showed their intention of changing operator by starting off procedures for transferring their mobile user number to a competitor’.