The sanction was imposed following a complaint made "by TVC Network, S.A. de C.V., against Digicel, S.A. de C.V., for a possible abusive dominant position."
The complainant stated that this economic agent was creating barriers to the entry of competitors or the expansion of existing ones in the market for the termination of national and international calls, informed the authorities of the country.
The Supreme Court of Justice has ratified the sanctions imposed in 2008 on Molinos de El Salvador and HARISA for anticompetitive practices, and $4 million must be paid in fines.
From a statement issued by the Superintendency of Competition:
The Administrative Court Room (Sala de lo Contencioso Administrativo or SCA in Spanish) of the Supreme Court of Justice ratified in two sentences the sanctions imposed by the Superintendency of Competition (SC) in 2008 on the flour mills Molinos de El Salvador S.A. de C.V. (MOLSA) y HARISA S.A. de C.V. (HARISA), who committed the anticompetitive practice of agreeing to share the market. Following these sentences, both companies will have to stop the anticompetitive practice and pay the imposed fines, which together amount to more than USD $4 million.
The penalty imposed by the Commission to Promote Competition in Costa Rica has been upheld after the First Chamber of the Supreme Court declared the last appeal filed by the company irrelevant.
The penalty for monopolistic practices, dating back to May 2004 was because the bottler apparently made exclusive contracts with vendors and fixed prices.
Standing out among the sanctions is a fine of $137,000 and an order to change their way of doing business.