(k)
lack of potential competition;
(l)
various kinds of informal or other links
between the undertakings concerned;
(m) retaliatory mechanisms; and
(n) lack or reduced scope for price competition.
(4) Where an operator has significant market
power in a specific market, it may also be deemed
to have significant market power in an adjacent
market, where the links between the two markets
are such as to allow the market power held in one
market to be leveraged into the other market,
thereby strengthening the market power of the
undertaking.
Imposition of
obligations on
undertakings
having signi
ficant market
power
50. (1) The Authority has the right to impose
obligations on operators having significant market
power on the relevant market, taking account of
their appropriateness in each specific case and
setting the starting moment in time for the
fulfillment of those obligations.
(2) The obligations imposed on operators by the
Authority must be reasonable, based on the nature
of the problem identified, proportionate and
justified in the light of the principles and objectives
of
the
regulation
of
information
and
communications activities.
(3) Where it is established on the basis of a rele
vant market analysis that the market charac
teristics do not justify the imposition of obligations
referred to in this section or that there are no
operators having significant market power in the
market, the Authority shall
(a) not impose, in accordance with the proce
dure and conditions set out in this Act, the
obligations referred to in this Act; and
(b) withdraw the obligations, if any, imposed on
the operators having significant market
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