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ARTICLE · 08 OCTOBER 2012

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The Competition Tribunal has today issued its decision and reasons in a much awaited judgment.

South AfricaAntitrust/Competition Law
Lee Mendelsohn
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Derushka Chetty
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Competition Tribunal fines Telkom R449 million for abusing its dominance in the telecommunications market

The Competition Tribunal ("Tribunal") has today issued its decision and reasons in a much awaited judgment and imposed a penalty of R449 million on Telkom for abusing its dominance in the telecommunications market.

The penalty is levied in respect of conduct that took place between 1999 and 2004, a period during which Telkom was a monopoly provider of telecommunications services.  The Tribunal found that Telkom had refused to supply essential services to independent value added network services ("VANS") providers and induced customers of such VANS providers to not deal with them in contravention of sections 8(b) and 8(d)(i) of the Competition Act No. 89 of 1998 (as amended) (the "Competition Act").

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