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Free Maps costs Google £400K in damages in France

...A French court has ruled that Google is guilty of anti-competitive behaviour because it offers its Maps service for free. Google must... Read more

2 February, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Intel and FTC make antitrust compromise

...rivals" and competing microchips by cutting their access to the marketplace through anti-competitive means. Intel does not admit that it violated US competition law... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Europe begins antitrust probes into IBM

...Commission has launched antitrust proceedings against IBM over two cases of alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the mainframe market. The first formal investigation, announced on... Read more

27 July, 2010 by David Meyer

EU highlights difficulty of establishing online antitrust

...The EU competition commissioner has highlighted the difficulty of gauging anti-competitive practices online, almost five months after antitrust allegations were made against... Read more

8 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Regulators reportedly set to probe iPhone ad lockout

...Federal Trade Commission is set to investigate allegations that Apple is using anti-competitive measures to block rivals in the market for serving ads on... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

'Obscene amount of money wasted': MPs demand probe over IT collusion claims

Allegations of anti-competitive behaviour among biggest tech suppliers to government... MPs are calling on... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

Google digs in heels over EU antitrust ultimatum

...is." The Commission probe started in 2010 after it received allegations of anti-competitive practices brought by price-comparison sites such as the UK's... Read more

23 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Everything Everywhere LTE spectrum sale nears

...although Ofcom has said that it doesn't consider such a move anti-competitive. The LTE spectrum auction is due at the end of 2012... Read more

10 April, 2012

Three hits out at Ofcom's flip-flop on 4G spectrum

The operator has called Ofcom's change of heart on sub-1GHz spectrum 'irrational', arguing its rivals with a slice of that spectrum will have a 'natural competitive' advantage in 4G services Read more

28 March, 2012 by Ben Woods
EU floats settlement with e-book publishers

EU floats settlement with e-book publishers

...the e-book publishers in December to determine if they "engaged in anti-competitive practices affecting the sales of e-books in the European Economic... Read more

13 March, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Net neutrality gets European Parliament backing

...spelled out the dangers of letting ISPs block or downgrade traffic for anti-competitive purposes. The resolution called on the European Commission to "ensure that... Read more

18 November, 2011

Net neutrality heads for European Parliament vote

...neutrality, and reminds the recipients that regulators must be able to curtail anti-competitive behaviour. Network or 'net' neutrality, which refers to the equality of... Read more

21 October, 2011 by David Meyer

EU launches antitrust probe into e-payments scheme

...a standardised online payments system for Europe, to ensure it is not anti-competitive. The banking industry, via its European Payments Council (EPC) co-ordinating... Read more

27 September, 2011 by David Meyer

IBM offers concessions in EU antitrust probe

...concessions to bring to an end a European Commission investigation of alleged anti-competitive actions. The company has committed to supplying spare parts and other... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

Google opens its Wallet in the US

...to that company complaining to the European Commission that the arrangement is anti-competitive. Google told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia that it is... Read more

20 September, 2011

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