Apple alters its contracts to comply with Japan’s antitrust laws

Apple alters its contracts to comply with Japan’s antitrust laws

The JFTC noted that contracts requiring subsidies were signed with NTT Docomo, KDDI, and SoftBank and they were meant to lower the initial cost of purchasing an iPhone. But the commission said that requiring a certain amount of subsidies hurt competition because it led to higher-priced monthly service plans and no choice for consumers to …