俄羅斯指控蘋果公司對iPhone串謀定價

Russia has accused American technology giant Apple Inc. of allegedly fixing retail prices of its iPhones in the country.

俄羅斯日前指控美國科技巨頭蘋果公司在該國市場銷售iPhone產品期間串謀定價。

Russia's Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) said last Monday an investigation found that retailers "set identical prices" for iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and other iPhone models and kept the prices at that level for a certain period of time.

俄羅斯聯邦反壟斷署上週一宣佈，調查發現，銷售商給蘋果iPhone 6s手機，iPhone 6s plus手機和其它型號的手機“固定統一零售價”，並在很長一段時間內保持同樣的價格。

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Targets of the investigation are Apple's Russian operation, known as Apple Rus, Apple Inc., three other Apple business entities and 16 of the company's primary resellers in Russia.

這一調查的目標是蘋果公司的俄羅斯分部，也就是人們熟知的“Apple Rus”公司，還有蘋果公司、另外三家蘋果商企和16家蘋果在俄羅斯的主要代理商。

MTS, one of the resellers targeted by FAS, declined a request for comment. Another firm, Euroset, denied allegations of price fixing.

俄聯邦反壟斷局針對的代理商之一MTS拒絕就此發表評論。另一家公司Euroset否認了限價的指控。

Apple, which was not immediately available for comment, has previously been the target of a Russian price-fixing investigation. As a result of the probe, two Russian mobile businesses were fined for fixing prices for iPhone 4.

蘋果公司沒有立即對此事作出迴應，該公司之前一直是俄羅斯反壟斷機構調查的對象。調查的結果是，兩家俄羅斯公司因爲壟斷iPhone 4的價格而被罰款。

FAS said it launched the investigation in response to a complaint from a consumer who noticed the prices remain unchanged since the 2015 introduction of the two new models in Russia.

聯邦反壟斷署聲稱，這次開展調查是因爲一名消費者抱怨稱，這兩款手機自2015年引進俄羅斯之後，價格就沒有變過。