FAS terminated its antitrust case against the manufacturers of notebooks
Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) terminated its antitrust case against the Aser, ASUSTeK Computer, Toshiba Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung Electronics, Dell, which was brought on grounds of consistency in the actions of companies (paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Article 11 of the Law on Protection of Competition ).
Signs of violations of the antimonopoly legislation, in particular, that notebook manufacturers preinstalled operating system of the same products for notebooks, which customers are consumers who can not, in most cases to choose and buy laptop model without pre-installed operating system, or to refuse the use of imposed together with the purchase of products (operating system corporation Microsoft).
In the process of hearing signs of concerted action was not confirmed. However, Aser, ASUSTeK Computer, Samsung Electronics on the institution of FAS Russia's antitrust case have developed and implemented in Russia back program operating systems. Relevant documents the company presented the FAS Russia. Toshiba said that the program return to the OS, preinstalled on its notebooks, will be introduced shortly.
At Hewlett-Packard and Dell are the program return the entire system of the client. During the course of its programs repayment capacity benefited less than 0,1% of buyers of notebooks, which was one of the evidence that the preset notebook manufacturers, operating systems due to the wishes of consumers. Manufacturers also informed FAS Russia about the program the possibility of acquiring laptops preloaded with an alternative operating system or without it.
FAS Russia considered the complaints from individuals, which indicated the inability to return to the operating cost recovery. Applications will be submitted to the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).
Signs of violations of the antimonopoly legislation, in particular, that notebook manufacturers preinstalled operating system of the same products for notebooks, which customers are consumers who can not, in most cases to choose and buy laptop model without pre-installed operating system, or to refuse the use of imposed together with the purchase of products (operating system corporation Microsoft).
In the process of hearing signs of concerted action was not confirmed. However, Aser, ASUSTeK Computer, Samsung Electronics on the institution of FAS Russia's antitrust case have developed and implemented in Russia back program operating systems. Relevant documents the company presented the FAS Russia. Toshiba said that the program return to the OS, preinstalled on its notebooks, will be introduced shortly.
At Hewlett-Packard and Dell are the program return the entire system of the client. During the course of its programs repayment capacity benefited less than 0,1% of buyers of notebooks, which was one of the evidence that the preset notebook manufacturers, operating systems due to the wishes of consumers. Manufacturers also informed FAS Russia about the program the possibility of acquiring laptops preloaded with an alternative operating system or without it.
FAS Russia considered the complaints from individuals, which indicated the inability to return to the operating cost recovery. Applications will be submitted to the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).
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