Competition Commission: The mobile telephony market in Greece is a closed oligopoly

Her new report Competition Commission is a catapult for the pricing policy followed by all three mobile phone providers in our country.

ΔIt is found that they follow "cartel" practices, and shape prices at will, far from the average prices we find in other countries of the European Union.

The Competition Commission (ECC) launched two industry studies in April 2020 (in the e-commerce sectors)E-commerce) and Fintech, respectively) in order to proceed and complete them as soon as possible, for the benefit of society and the economy.

In the broader context of these industries, in particular the competitiveness of the digital economy, and because connectivity is a key factor in it, the Competition Commission approached Rewheel - an independent Finnish research and consulting firm specializing in international mobile connectivity comparisons. competition and in the economic analysis of the network - with a request for an independent study on the competitiveness of the Greek mobile network data market.

For the last 5 years, Greece has been ranked as one of the most expensive countries in the EU28 and the OECD in the European Commission's annual price comparison studies of mobile broadband services, as well as in the semi-annual studies "Digital Fuel Monitor" by Rewheel which concern in comparing international mobile network data values.

• Do the prices of mobile data services continue to be high in Greece until today (March 2020)?
• Are these prices in Greece expensive due to the mobile phone tax? -Why are these prices, today different and over time, high in Greece?
• Is the Greek mobile telephony market a closed oligopoly in which 3 Mobile Telephony Companies (ECB) compete?
• Can the 3 ECBs independently develop 5G technology, without a significant increase in their capital expenditure? ̶ Does the mobile sharing agreement between Vodafone and Wind restrict competition?
• What measures are needed to reduce entry barriers and encourage the entry of a fourth ECB?
• What ex ante and ex post measures could possibly restore the restrictions of competition in the absence of a fourth ECB entering the market?

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