Tinkoff filed a lawsuit against MTS for more than 1 billion rubles

Lawsuit against operators who abused the monopoly high price for SMS messaging services. Losses, evidence.

Tinkoff filed a lawsuit against MTS for more than 1 billion rubles.

The lawsuit is related to the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service against operators who abused the monopoly high price for SMS messaging services.

On the Forbes website, they report that the third party in the statement is the FAS Russia, which follows from the data of the arbitration case.

The application was filed on March 29, but the case has not yet been taken into consideration. MTS stated that they do not agree with the bank's claims and intend to defend their position.

Tinkoff accused the operator of abusing dominance by establishing and maintaining a high monopoly price for SMS sending services, as well as creating discriminatory conditions.
The bank has already sent similar complaints or will send them to other operators in the near future. In this case, the grounds for filing a claim are the same for all Big Four operators, since the FAS mailing claims were presented to all operators.

The dispute over the cost of sending SMS for certain categories of companies has been dragging on for several years. In 2018, the FAS warned four large operators, VimpelCom, MTS, MegaFon, T2 Mobile, about the termination of measures that indicate a violation of antimonopoly law. The service began with a review because operators set lower rates for sending SMS messages to state-owned banks than to other banks.

Stanislav Lastovsky, a lawyer at the law firm Vetrov and Partners, commented on the current situation. The controversy itself is unusual. Here and not the most common subject composition, and the size of the requirements, and potentially possible cases in relation to other operators. In addition, for example, other banks can look at Tinkoff's actions, and then mobile operators can get another bunch of cases with large sums. If the bank manages to prove the validity of the claims that are associated with the losses incurred, then this may affect the financial position of the telecom operators themselves. Starting from the cost of services for sending SMS messages to the cost of securities traded on the public market.

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