蘋果公司否認在俄羅斯合謀操縱iPhone價格
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) said it was investigating "signs of price-setting coordination" among iPhone resellers following a complaint from a member of the public.
俄羅斯聯邦反壟斷局之前曾表示，由於接到大量羣衆投訴，其正在對iPhone經銷商“操縱價格的跡象”進行調查。Apple told Reuters it did not control its products' pricing. "Resellers set their own prices for the Apple products they sell in Russia and around the world," it said.
而蘋果公司日前向路透社透露，該公司並沒有操縱旗下產品的價格。該公司表示：“不止是俄羅斯，賣到全世界的所有蘋果產品都是由經銷商自己定價的。”A citizen told the FAS that the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, which went on sale in Russia in October 2015, were priced identically across all 16 major Russian retailers.
一位俄羅斯公民向FAS投訴稱，從2015年10月開始在俄羅斯發售的iPhone 6S和iPhone 6S Plus，在全部16個俄羅斯經銷商手裏的價格都一樣。
The FAS said in a press release it suggested the price-setting was coordinated by Apple, leading to obligatory recommended prices.
FAS在一份新聞稿中表示，這個定價是由蘋果公司協調處理的，形成了一個強制性的建議零售價格。"As the preliminary investigations showed, since the start of the sales of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the majority of resellers have fixed and maintained for a certain period of time the same prices for them. Besides, the anti-monopoly authority has identified similarities in the resellers' prices for other Apple smartphones," it added.
該機構補充說道：“據初步調查顯示，自從iPhone 6S和iPhone 6S Plus開始發售以來，大多數經銷商都爲這兩款手機制定了相同的價格，並且在一定時間內都維持這個定價水平。此外，反壟斷局還發現，經銷商們對其他蘋果產品的定價也有類似行爲。”The service, which reports to the Government of the Russian Federation, has the power to impose fines on companies it deems to be behaving anti-competitively. Apple could face a fine of between 1 million rubles ($15,400 ; 11,796 pound) and 5 million rubles, lawyer Oleg told the Moscow Times.
俄羅斯聯邦反壟斷局隸屬於俄羅斯聯邦政府，有權對那些它認定爲反競爭性的公司實施罰款。律師奧列格在接受《莫斯科時報》採訪時表示，蘋果公司可能會面臨一張100萬盧布（約合15400美元，11796英鎊）到500萬盧布的罰單。Last year a US federal appeals court ruled that Apple conspired with publishers to fix the prices of e-books, resulting in the prices of some titles rising from $9.99 to up to $14.99.
去年，一家美國聯邦上訴法庭裁定，蘋果公司和出版商合謀操縱電子書價格，導致一些書刊的價格從9.99美元上升到了14.99美元。
