The Competition Tribunal accepted a lawsuit by Beatriz Lea Zuberman Comercializadora E.I.R.L. (Isracon) against One Smart Star Number Chile S.A. (OSS), declaring that the latter infringed letter c) of article 3 of Decree Law M° 211, by acts of unfair competition with the objective of reaching a dominant, or even monopoly, position in the market for abbreviated dialing services (star four digits).
The Tribunal considered that communications sent by OSS to mobile telephony companies and to potential clients of its competitor (the plaintiff), included incorrect or untrue statements that had the ability to divert their customers, and that could prevent or hinder entry of new participants to the market.
The Tribunal fined OSS with 30 Annual Tax Units (approximately US$ 28,800).