Tag: antitrust
Google has time on its side in Android. I think that it is the remedies that the EU imposes that have the potential to do the real damage as long as they are quickly put in place. I view the fine as almost an irrelevance. Alphabet has been handed a $2.7bn fine by the EU as […]
News highlight for 3 July 2017 Glitch causes prices of Apple, Google, other stocks to appear off NEW YORK (Reuters) – The prices of several big-name Nasdaq-listed stocks appeared on some websites to either spike or plummet well after the closing bell on Monday, seemingly due to a glitch related to the market data that […]
LONDON (Reuters) – BT has become the first major telecoms company to back Google in a battle with EU regulators, defending the “stability and compatibility” of the Android operating system, which is in the sights of anti-trust regulators. The EU says Google stifles competition by forcing smartphone makers to pre-install its search function and browser […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AT&T Inc’s planned $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc will increase innovation and bring “better-priced options” to consumers upset by high cable bills, AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson told lawmakers on Wednesday. “We want consumers to pay for their content once and watch it any where any time,” he said at […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators plan to order Alphabet’s Google to stop paying financial incentives to smartphone makers to pre-install Google Search exclusively on their devices and warned the company of a large fine, an EU document showed. The document, running to more than 150 pages, was sent to complainants last week for feedback. […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese regulators are considering taking action against Apple Inc over possible antitrust violations that may have helped it dominate the nation’s smartphone sales, government sources said, a move that could hit the company’s profit margins in one of its most profitable markets. In a report published last month, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission […]
BRUSSELS – Alphabet’s Google may face a third EU antitrust charge as soon as next month, this time focusing on its revenue mainstay AdWords ad placement service, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The world’s most popular Internet search engine is already under fire from the European Commission for promoting its shopping […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a preliminary investigation into whether Google Inc uses its Android operating system to dominate competitors as more consumers go mobile, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The Android mobile platform is a key element in Google’s strategy to maintain revenue from online […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google Inc has rejected EU antitrust charges that it abused its market power, exposing the company to the risk of a hefty fine if it does not alter its business practices. The company’s comments came after the European Commission in April accused it of distorting internet search results to favor its shopping […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – InterDigital Inc has violated U.S. antitrust law by failing to keep its promise to fairly license its technology considered essential to mobile phone communications, Microsoft Corp said in a lawsuit on Thursday. The complaint against InterDigital, filed in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, deepens a long-standing fight over patent licensing between […]
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