By Elsa Keslassy
Apple Fined $1.2 Billion By France for Anti-Competitive Deals
16.03.2020 - 15:45 / billboard.com
French regulators fined Apple 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Monday for striking deals to keep prices high, in the biggest-ever such sanction by France's Competition Authority.
The agency said Apple and top re-sellers agreed to align prices with Apple's own pricing for its iPads and some other products. The deals did not concern iPhones.
Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Two "premium" French Apple re-sellers, Tech Data and Ingram Micro, were also fined a total of 139
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