{"id":1687103,"date":"2022-10-12T17:53:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T21:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687103"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T21:54:02","slug":"russian-regulator-says-mobile-operator-mts-breached-anti-monopoly-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-regulator-says-mobile-operator-mts-breached-anti-monopoly-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian regulator says mobile operator MTS breached anti-monopoly laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-regulator-says-mobile-operator-mts-breached-anti-monopoly-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia\u2019s competition watchdog on Wednesday said leading telecoms company MTS violated anti-monopoly legislation in raising the price of some mobile tariff plans well above inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for most goods and services rose sharply soon after Russia sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February, sparking hefty Western sanctions. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said MTS would have to lower prices to economically justified levels and pay a fine, the size of which would be determined after an investigation. <\/p>\n<p>MTS said it had not yet received a formal ruling from the FAS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adjustment of tariffs took into account the growth in costs of servicing telecoms infrastructure, which exceeds the growth of telecoms service revenues,\u201d MTS said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company will study the FAS\u2019 arguments after receiving the official text of the decision.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The FAS said MTS had raised the price of mobile services for more than 28 million subscribers by an average of 9.5%, basing this on a rise in its costs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn August, September and October 2022, MTS again raised the cost for these tariff plans,\u201d the FAS said. \u201cThe general increase in tariffs was more than 20% at a time when the consumer price index stood at 10.5% at the end of August.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p>The FAS said MTS had not provided enough evidence of its costs. MTS said it had submitted the necessary proof.  <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Alexander Marrow and Gleb StolyarovEditing by David Goodman and Nick Macfie)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/russian-regulator-says-mobile\/attachment\/file-photo-a-view-shows-the-mts-company-logo-outside\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportTechnologyNews\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9B0J2-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9B0J2-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia\u2019s competition watchdog on Wednesday said leading telecoms company MTS violated anti-monopoly legislation in raising the price of some mobile tariff plans well above inflation. 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