Kyivstar will be taken to court for disobedience

Economy · 15:06 06.12.2005

This was stated on Tuesday by the head of the AMCU, Oleksiy Kostusyev, reports Liga.

According to Kostusyev, the company "Kyivstar" did not accept the AMCU's recommendations regarding the cancellation of the connection fee and in its letter once again explained the reason why it cannot cancel it.

"We will initiate a case," stated the head of the AMCU.

At the same time, Kostusyev reported that the company UMC accepted the recommendations to cancel the connection fee, but asked for a certain amount of time to implement the cancellation.

"UMC has embarked on the path of cooperation," he emphasized and added that the Antimonopoly Committee will continue negotiations with this company.

The head of the AMCU reminded that the two mentioned leaders in the mobile communications market occupy a monopolistic position.

According to him, this leads to abuse, for which fines are imposed. Kostusyev hopes that the operators will come to their senses.

Earlier, Kostusyev stated that the antimonopoly agency is considering two options for resolving this issue.

In the first case, the companies may completely cancel the connection fee, and more than 350 million hryvnias will remain in citizens' pockets.

Or the operators will provide their vision of the situation and propose a compromise solution, for example, a phased cancellation of the fee.

Both companies charge a connection fee, and moreover introduced it practically simultaneously and in the same amount - 0.27 hryvnias. However, smaller companies do not charge this fee.

In October, the operators UMC and "Kyivstar" were recommended to consider the issue of canceling the connection fee and to provide the Antimonopoly Committee with justification for their position on this issue.

The Committee has already warned that it intends to initiate a case and accuse the companies of abusing their monopolistic position.

UMC maintains the position that what matters to the subscriber is not the presence or absence of a connection fee, but the total cost of a minute of communication.

In turn, the company "Kyivstar" regards the connection fee as a separate service.

Economy · 01:36 06.10.2010 Food prices have gone crazy. Who is to blame? It is obvious that it was in September that producers and traders decided to shift all their problems onto the consumer, who had returned from vacations and gone to work, schools and kindergartens. Now traders are watching how the buyer will react to the new prices.
Economy · 14:09 03.03.2010 No indicator of the 2009 budget was fulfilled The 2009 state budget was not implemented as a law, since none of its planned indicators were fulfilled. \n \nThis was stated by the head of the Accounting Chamber, Valentyn Symonenko, reports the "Ukrinform" agency.
Economy · 12:29 04.02.2010 Cabinet again "painted" implementation of the budget Notably, Naftogaz ignored the request. A suspicion arises that it was precisely the "gas" money together with the artificial understatement of the plan that helped the Cabinet of Ministers meet the January budget for revenues. Consequently, the government continues to live beyond its means.
Economy · 05:49 15.09.2009 Is Khoroshkovsky buying MTV Ukraine? The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine allowed UA Inter Media Group Limited to acquire the Cypriot company Flaner Ventures Limited. \n \nThis is stated in the announcement of the AMCU, published on September 11.

Kyivstar will be taken to court for disobedience

The week in markets, in your inbox