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After France, Apple accused of unfair contracts with carriers in South Korea

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<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-apple-idUSKCN0ZE07H" target="_blank">Reuters[/url] reports that South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Apple for possible anti-competitive practices in the country. This appears to support an earlier unconfirmed report in <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2016/06/133_207542.html" target="_blank">Korea Times[/url] that FTC was examining the legality of Apple’s contract terms with mobile carriers.</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Sources said Apple Korea has pressed carriers into buying a minimum volume of promotional iPhones and sharing the burden of repair costs [

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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In April, the FTC ordered the rectification of 20 unfair provisions in contracts with its certified repair service partners. The contracts included stipulations that the repair firms could not file lawsuits against Apple Korea within a year after any dispute.</span></p>

<p>If this sounds familiar, it’s because it echoes an earlier case in France …</p>
<p> <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/28/apple-south-korea-ftc-investigation/#more-437169" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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