Telecom firm Orange fined $382 million over anticompetitive behavior
Posted On: Dec. 18, 2015 12:00 AM CSTThe French competition regulator has imposed a fine of €350 million ($382 million) on the country's telecommunications firm Orange S.A. for anticompetitive behavior in the corporate market, reports Business Standard citing Agence France-Presse.
The regulator said the fine comes after Orange's rivals Bouygues Telecom S.A. and Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone - SFR S.A. complained that Orange had been blocking free competition in the corporate market for mobile and fixed phones since the early 2000s.