The Turkish Competition Board (the
"Board") announced its final decision
(numbered 18-42/670-329) for the full investigation on Turkcell
İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.
("Turkcell"), Vodafone
Telekomünikasyon A.Ş.
("Vodafone") and TT Mobil
İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.
("TT"); all major providers of
telecommunication services in Turkey. The full investigation was
conducted to determine whether the said companies violated Article
6 of Law No: 4054 on Protection of Competition
("Law") by obscuring their
competitors' activities through bidding lower than SMS
termination prices in bulk SMS tenders.
The Board unanimously concluded that Turkcell, Vodafone and TT
are respectively in dominant position in SMS termination service
market in Turkcell network, Vodafone network and TT network meaning
that each network constituted a different market. Nonetheless, the
Board ruled that the said companies did not abuse their dominant
position hence did not violate Article 6 of the Law. Thus,
