Competition Authority imposes fines of 13.4 million on Meo, Nos, Vodafone and Accenture

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Portugal’s competition authority fined Meo, NOS, Vodafone, and Accenture €13.35 million for an anticompetitive arrangement tied to subscription TV services and advertising on television recordings. The authority says the companies coordinated changes that limited customer switching and standardized commercial conditions for selling ad space. The case first surfaced after media reports in 2020 and later moved through multiple legal and procedural steps before the final decision. The article also notes that one company used a settlement procedure and paid the fine voluntarily. This matters for telecom and consulting vendors because it highlights regulatory risk around coordinated market behavior and commercialization changes.

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