FAS accused “MaksimaTelekom” in violation of the law on advertising – BBC

18.12.2015, 20:05

The Board Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) Moscow recognized the operator Wi-Fi in the capital’s subway “MaksimaTelekom” violator of the law “On Advertising”. This was reported to site Moscow department of service.

FAS considers “MaksimaTelekom” violator of the law “On Advertising”, as the company distributes promotional messages without the consent of subscribers. Service has issued an order to the operator to bring the organization into line with the distribution law. Wi-Fi users Report Abuse FAS after received the advertising service “Yandeks.Taksi” by SMS. It was found that the message was sent “MaksimaTelekomom” concluded with “by Yandex” contract for the provision of advertising services.

«During the proceedings it was found that demand an end to advertising, the user can obtain only completely abandoning the use of Wi-Fi in the subway. At the same time continue to use the network without receiving SMS-advertising impossible. Thus, not only the user’s authority to obtain advertising replaced by his duty, but also the rejection of advertising associated with a complete rejection of the services of “MaksimaTelekom”, which, of course, violate the rights of consumers “, – said Head of control over the advertising activity and suppression unfair competition Moscow FAS Pavel Oleynik.

Previous Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) recognized Ltd. “T2 Mobile” (brand Tele2) guilty of violating the law “On Protection of Competition” for the conduct of action “Season».

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