TELEFONICA MOVILES TO PAY EURO 40 MILLION FINE TO AMENA.

• Position: Telecommunications Market Commission - Brief Article

The Spanish mobile telephony operator Telefonica Moviles is expected to pay a fine of euro 40 million to its Spanish competitor, Amena (France Telecom) for failure to respect the jointly negotiated interconnection rates, was revealed earlier this year. The fine was imposed by the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) responsible for setting maximum prices when one operator uses a competitor's infrastructure during a call. A spokesman for Telefonica Moviles has confirmed that will seek a suspension of the decision, arguing that the negotiations with Amena concerned only the interconnection prices paid to Amena.

The CMT confirmed that Telefonica Moviles had failed to respect the interconnection rates proposed by Amena which filed the complaint at the beginning of 2005. In parallel with this case, the Commission said on January 31 that the three main mobile phone...