The Competition Council rejected the claim of monopoly in the Kish internet taxi market

In the appeal decision, the competition council rejected the complaint and announced that the decision issued is final

According to the Iran digital economy annotation, in October of this year, the Competition Council condemned the Kish Free Zone Organization to create a monopoly in favor of Snapp. The news was rejected by the public relations of the Kish Azad region and said that Tapsi has not yet registered a request to operate in Kish in the biz.kish.ir system and “it is obvious that when a request for the issuance of a license to operate in the island has not been made, a license has not been issued. It hasn’t happened.”

Following the complaint of one of the internet taxis from Snapp company and Kish Free Zone Organization to the Competition Council, in the appeal decision of this council it was clearly confirmed that the memorandum between Snapp Company and Kish Free Zone Organization did not lead to the issuance of an exclusive activity license for Snapp and from the beginning So far, both internet taxi companies are operating in the region.

In the appeal decision, the competition council rejected the complaint and announced that the decision issued is final.

Previously, the plaintiff claimed in his initial complaint that according to the agreement between the Kish Free Zone Organization and the Snapp company, Snapp was granted an exclusive license to operate in Kish Island and other competitors were prevented from entering. This is while both companies have been operating in this area since the beginning of internet taxis in Kish.

Previously, in response to other complaints, Snapp had announced that during its 9 years of operation, it has focused on adhering to the rules and smoothing the obstacles ahead for all Internet taxis and has avoided the barriers.

This internet taxi depends on the progress of the market on healthy competitive decisions and behaviors, so that the opportunity for growth is available to all active actors in this field; In the hope that all digital economy activists adhere to this promise.