Apple fined record €1.1bn by French competition regulator | Technology | The Guardian
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Tech giant conspired with wholesalers Tech Data and Ingram Micro to align prices, says watchdog Apple has been fined a record €1.1bn (£990m) by antitrust regulators in France for engaging in anti-competitive agreements with two wholesalers. The penalty imposed on the US tech giant is the largest ever handed out to a company by the Autorité de la Concurrence. Commenting on the move, Isabelle de Silva, head of the French competition watchdog, said : “Apple and its two wholesalers agreed to not (...)
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