CCI News & Updates

[socrates]

See Competition Commission of India Sues Apple :haha:

Lets see what the outcome is.

 

[indactxxx]

CCI must act to make broadband cheaper in India - The Economic Times

 

[antifup]

Yes please!

 

[Sushubh]

lol. this same body was targeting Apple for not offering service centers across the country. it's hilarious actually.

 

[rajnusker]

Yes, we need cheap Internet.. Rs1 for each 10kbps..

 

[Mr.Outlaw]

rajnusker, Do you realize what you just posted?

 

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[mS8^Y4prh8]

lol. this same body was targeting Apple for not offering service centers across the country. it's hilarious actually.
Well dang, I was full of hope for cheap Broadband in India till I read your post.......Hope they can actually do something this time

 

[Topweb]

Actually CCI is not that bad when compared with TRAI.

CCI recently slapped a fine of Rs 630 Crores on DLF for delayed construction of housing projects in Gurgaon as well as making changes in projects without informing customers. Same CCI slapped a fine of Rs 6300 Cr on a number of cement companies for cartelisation to fix cement prices.

It is another matter that these companies will fight court cases for a number of years to avoid paying fines but brand names and reputation of these companies has been damaged in the market.

CCI fines 11 cement firms Rs 6,304 cr - Hindustan Times

CCI slaps Rs 630 cr penalty on DLF

May be CCI can slap a huge fine on some of these telecom companies as well and force them to have a re-look at their pricing?

 

[Sushubh]

well cci probably has powers to slap fines. trai on the other hand is more of a recommendation body.

 

[Navjot Singh]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an antitrust probe against Indian Railways and The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for alleged unfair trade practices by IRCTC while providing online train ticketing and others services.

As per the CCI order, Railways is allegedly restricting technical and scientific developments related to booking of e-tickets using IRCTC and is imposing unreasonable conditions on its recently launched e-wallet scheme. It is also levying premium charges for calls made to 139 and limiting the provisions of IRCTC authorized agent services.

Other complaints from the order

- Tickets booked online doesn’t permit any concessions except for senior citizens and doesn’t allow users to reserve tickets with break journeys. Users are apparently permitted to book only 10 tickets per month

- IRCTC charges a premium on the e-ticket pricing on top of which it charges a non-refundable service charge and payment gateway charges. There is also a extra agent service charge if ticket is booked through an IRCTC authorized agents.

- Huge amount of Tatkal tickets are hoarded and sold at a huge premium of Rs 400 over the normal price. These bookings start only one day in advance thereby creating artificial scarcity and illegal practices by touts and agents.

- Limiting the availability of IRCTC agents by charging high fees for agent appointments. IRCTC currently charges a one-time fee of Rs 20,000 and an annual fee of Rs 5,000, which apparently acts a barrier for smaller agents.

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