The Consumer Protection Commission has fined the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) 200 000 leva for abusing its monopoly position.

The complaint against BTC came from NetPlus Ltd. The company previously asked BTC to agree to a reciprocal connection of the two companies' networks, investor.bg reported.

The request was made in July 2003 but the commission’s investigation found that BTC had reacted in the autumn of 2004.

This meant that BTC had broken the law, depriving NetPlus of the right to re-negotiate its network connection.

This is not the first time that BTC has been sanctioned by the commission for abuse of its monopoly.