The Spanish regulator CNMC has launched a sanction procedure against Telefónica for allegedly discriminating against its competitors in the provision of wholesale copper and fibre services.
In a statement, it says that based on its investigation, undertaken between January 2017 and March 2018, sufficient evidence was found that the telco would have breached its non-discrimination obligation given its position as an operator with significant market power in the wholesale broadband markets.
Specifically, Telefónica must provide “third parties with resources equivalent to those it provides to itself… under the same conditions and terms”.
CNMC says that the indications indicate that the telco “could have incurred a very serious infraction of the General Law of Telecommunications”.
However, this will not prejudge the final result of its investigation, which will take and be resilved in a maximum period of one year.
