The Spanish Competition Authority fines a distributor of digital terrestrial television for margin squeeze (Abertis Telecom)

Spain: The Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CNC) fines Abertis Telecom S.A.U. for Margin Squeeze* On 8 February 2012, the CNC Council adopted a decision according to which ABERTIS TELECOM S.A.U. (Abertis) infringed Article 2 of the Spanish Competition Act and Article 102 TFEU by hindering the entry of competitors in the market for the distribution transport of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) signals between April 2009 and December 2011. In light of the fact that this is a very serious