The investigation launched in accordance with the Board decisions dated 01.10.2014, numbered 14-37/701-M and dated 12.03.2015, numbered 15-11/150-M in order to determine whether Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and TTNET A.Ş. violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 with the pricing they implemented for the Home Advantage tariffs for fixed phone services was concluded.

The investigation had been launched in response to 9th Administrative Court of Ankara’s annulment decision dated 27.06.2014, numbered 2014/33 E., 2014/552 K., related to the Board decision dated 21.08.2013 and numbered 13-48/692-293 rejecting the complaint and deciding that initiating an investigation was not necessary.

Taking into the issues indicated in the aforementioned Court decisions, the investigation launched examined whether Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and TTNET A.Ş. violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 with the pricing policies they implemented within the framework of the Home Advantage tariffs and promotions.

As a result of the discussion of the file at the Competition Board meeting of 03.05.2016, it was decided that;

Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and TTNET A.Ş. did not abuse article 6 of the Act no 4054 and therefore imposing an administrative fine on the undertakings concerned was not necessary under article 16 of the same Act.

Click here for the text of the pronouncement for the decision dated 03.05.2016 and numbered 16-15/254-109, the reasoned version of which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.