Saturday, June 17, 2017

'Whats App’ didn’t abuse dominant position in market for instant messaging services: CCI

The Competition Commission has rejected the allegations of predatory pricing against WhatsApp in the market for instant messaging by stating that even though WhatsApp was in dominant position and it was not the only provider of consumer communication applications and consumer could be able to download other similar applications such as Viber, Snapchat, Hike, Hangouts, Chat On, etc. Therefore, allegations of predatory pricing have no substance and WhatsApp has not contravened any provisions of the Competition Act. - [2017] 82 taxmann.com 272 (CCI)

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