Recently, we informed you that Apple was being investigated in France due to the restrictive contracts with telephone operators. But it seems that France is not the only one where Apple has very strict contractual policies, we find that Apple returns to being accused of playing dirty with operators, this time in South Korea. This research has been initiated recently, we want to explain to you what is the explanation given by the Commission, since Apple continues to maintain its usual silence on the matter. Although the fact that Apple has always been demanding in these respects is not all that you surprised.
The team of Reuters has been who has informed first about this research. South Korea´s Fair Trade Comission (FTC) will be responsible for carrying out the procedure.
According to sources, Apple Korea is pushing operators to buy a certain number of iPhone and put them in promotion. They also intend to also share the costs of repairing them to possible contingencies.
In April, the FTC requested rectification of 20 clauses in contracts for Apple about certified repair services. The contracts include provisions that are completely contrary to the regulations in force in South Korea.
He was also in April when we had news that in France, Apple also was carrying out this type of mechanisms, forcing Apple to pay a fine of EUR 48.5 million for this kind of practice that can affect the market irregularly. The problem is that Apple does not have stores in South Korea, because the brands such as Samsung and LG are the dominant ones, by which all the work management of the Apple devices is subject to certified resellers.
