Antitrust tribunal orders Telefónica to unbundle broadband packages

Chile's antitrust tribunal TDLC has sided with Chilean IP telephony enabler RedVoiss' complaint that Telefónica Chile has participated in unfair pricing, TDLC announced on its website. The finding is that Telefónica basically requires clients to contract bundled services, as the price for these packaged services is significantly lower than if they were to be contracted on their own. TDLC fined Telefónica an amount equivalent to roughly US$4.4mn. "As long as TCH [Telefónica Chile] is the dominant player in broadband services, it cannot bundle any other product or service to it [broadband]; as such it must offer naked broadband," according to the tribunal's finding.