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Japanese phone market back in antitrust spotlight as JFTC zooms in on new practices

By Toko Sekiguchi ( April 6, 2018, 04:15 GMT | Insight) -- Japan's mobile phone market is to come under scrutiny again, the national competition agency announced today, including into a new practice by certain carriers of locking customers into four-year contracts. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said it would look into changes in competition issues since its last market survey in 2016, in which it raised concerns over market domination by major carriers NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank, alongside iPhone maker Apple and Android operator Google.Japan's mobile phone market is to come under scrutiny again, the national competition agency announced today, including into a new practice by certain carriers of locking customers into four-year contracts....

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