Bouygues Telecom S.A.
Approved Evidence
Added to Rotten Company: 8/29/2026
Conduct/Event period: 1997–2003
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: December 1, 2005
French competition authority fined Bouygues Telecom €58 million for mobile-market information sharing and coordination
Summary
On 1 December 2005, the French Competition Council fined Bouygues Telecom €58 million after finding that France's three mobile operators exchanged confidential strategic information concerning new subscriptions and cancellations from 1997 to 2003 and agreed to stabilize market shares from 2000 to 2002. The authority characterized the conduct as anticompetitive agreements in the mobile-telephony market. Primary source: https://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.fr/en/communiques-de-presse/1st-december-2005-anticompetitive-agreements-mobile-telephony-market
Evidence Weight
99.49
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 99.48700098849251
File Weight: 1