Eminyakeni emibili edlule, futhi ngenxa yezikhalazo ezivela kubasebenza eJapan, abalawuli baseJapan bebephenya inkampani ezinze eCupertino ngokwephula imithetho yezwe yokuphoqa opharetha ukuthi thengisa amamodeli wakho we-iPhone ahlukene ngezindleko eziphansi, okukhiqize amanani aphezulu kubasebenzisi.
I-Fair Trade Commission iqinisekisa ukuthi isigaba sika-Apple eJapan siphoqe opharetha i-NTT, i-Docomo, i-KDDI ne-SoftBank Group ukuthi unikele ngama-iPhones axhaswayo, ngaphansi kwezindleko ezingathengwa ngazo njengamanje kuma-Apple Stores eJapan, uma befuna ukukwazi ukunikela ngamatheminali e-Apple kukhathalogi yabo.
Njengoba kushiwo yiKhomishini Yezohwebo:
Ukuphoqa opharetha ukuthi banikeze uxhaso (lwe-iPhone) kuvimbele opharetha ekunikezeni amanani ashibhile nyangazonke, kanye nokuvimbela abanye abakhiqizi ekubeni sezimweni ezifanayo ukunikela ngamatheinali abo emakethe.
Ukunxephezela ngokulahleka, opharetha baphoqeleka ukuthi benze izivumelwano namakhasimende phakathi Iminyaka emi-2 nengu-4 yokuhlala unomphela, ngamanani aphakeme kakhulu kunalawo atholakala emakethe, abasebenzisi bokugcina yibo abalahlekelwa kakhulu, njengoba kwenzeka njalo kulolu hlobo lokukhohlisa okwenziwa yizinkampani.
Le khomishini ayijezisanga i-Apple ngale mikhuba, ngoba iqinisekisa ukuthi izobuyekeza izinkontileka enazo njengamanje nabasebenza ngezingcingo ezweni. Ngenxa yalo mkhuba, i-Apple ikwazile ukuthola uhhafu wesabelo semakethe, nokuyikhona okukuvumele ukuthi kube ngomunye wemakethe enenzuzo enkulu yenkampani, ngoba namuhla iJapan isibe izwe lesithathu elingenisa imali eningi ku-App Gcina ngemuva kweChina ne-United States.