OREANDA-NEWS.  November 19, 2013. Moscow Arbitration Court pronounced legitimacy of the decision and determination issued by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) with regard to Tyumen City Authority for introducing restrictions and unreasonably preventing activities of economic entities (in breach of Article 15 the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”).

The Antimonopoly Service received a petition from the “Association of Communications Providers of the Tyumen Region” Management Assistance Non-Commercial Partnership that Tyumen City Authority could have violated the antimonopoly law by issuing No. 320 Order “On Arranging Fibro-Optic Communications Lines” which prohibited hanging fibro-optic communications lines, and by avoiding executing a decree that had approved use of cable line infrastructure in Tyumen.

Based on the Order, providers will be forced to relocate or dismantle fibro-optic communications lines, which can lead to suspending and terminating providers’ activities in Tyumen.

In the FAS opinion, these actions can decrease the number of participants providing services on the telecommunications markets.

Having investigated the case, FAS issued a determination to Tyumen City Authority, which disagreed with the decision and determination of the Antimonopoly Service and filed a lawsuit. The Moscow Arbitration Court, however, pronounced legitimacy of the FAS actions.