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Japan's NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, SoftBank told to review relations with distributors in JFTC survey

By Sachiko Sakamaki
  • 10 Jun 2021 01:30
  • 08 Oct 2021 01:01
Japan’s main mobile carriers NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank have received a fresh warning from the competition regulator, this time about their handling of distributors.
In the mobile phone market survey published today, the Japan Fair Trade Commission said the carriers put some restrictions on the sales agents’ device prices,

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Sachiko Sakamaki

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo


Sachiko covers antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, as well as patent disputes related to connected cars. She has an undergraduate degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and a master's degree in communications from United States International (now Alliant International) University in California. She previously worked as a journalist for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post in Japan.

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