The Competition Tribunal dismissed a lawsuit by Entel Telefonía Local S.A. (EntelPhone) against Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones, part of Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (Subtel), for having approved the tender bases for assigning wireless local public telephone service concessions, allegedly in infringement of Decree Law N° 211.
The Tribunal stated that Subtel acted in accordance to Resolución N° 584 of the H. Comisión Resolutiva, and that the defendant’s lawsuit could have had the objective of hindering or, at least, delay entry of new competitors to the wireless telephone service market. The defendant had to pay Tribunal costs.