Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is to examine the procedure for pre-installing domestic video services on smart TVs and other devices imported into the country.
Kommersant reports that this follows complaints by MTS, MegaFon, Vimpelcom, ER-Telecom and Tricolor that only Rostelecom’s Wink is included in the services required to be pre-installed.
It adds that the operators would like the list to be expanded and clear selection criteria established.
Kommersant also points out that according to the law, manufacturers of smartphones, tablets, computers and smart TVs have been required to pre-install different classes of Russian video services on devices from April 1.
