MTS complained about MegaFon's advertisement with the slogan "operator No. 1". No one was punished

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia did not see any violations in MegaFon’s advertising, where it calls

himself as “operator number 1”. MTS previously complained about this. Discuss

“FAS Russia did not see any signs of violation of antimonopoly legislation by MegaFon, based on the materials presented by the telecommunications company MTS,” FAS quotes TASS.

It is reported that in early August the departmentreceived a complaint from MTS. The company did not like MegaFon’s advertising slogan “Switch to operator No. 1.” The promotional materials also stated that this title was confirmed by research from Fastest Mobile Network Speedtest Awards – 2022, Best Mobile Coverage Speedtest Awards – 2022.

According to research, MegaFon has a medianthe network download speed was 25.01 Mbps and the median upload speed was 9.09 Mbps. At MTS, the results were 19.13 and 6.75 Mbps, respectively.