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Landline-to-mobile cap to drop 85pc after BT wins row

...emerged victorious from an appeal of Ofcom's plans. The UK's Competition Commission has backed Ofcom's plans for cutting mobile termination charges, saying... Read more

15 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Australian commission probes Windows 8 Linux fears

...and Consumer Commission has said. The Linux Australia community began petitioning the competition commission this week after Microsoft aired plans to mandate the enabling of... Read more

28 September, 2011 by Luke Hopewell

Mobile data boom could spell end to 'all you can eat'

...said Cave, who has just been appointed deputy chair of the UK Competition Commission. "Obviously, the more that any operator is running up against constraints... Read more

14 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Apple ditches '4G' iPad branding in Australia

...4G' in the branding of its new iPad in Australia, after the competition commission pointed out it does not work on 4G networks there Read more

14 May, 2012 by Josh Taylor

Expedia adds to Google's EU antitrust woes

...affairs for Expedia, said in a statement on Monday. The EC's Competition Commission confirmed to ZDNet UK on Monday that it had received the... Read more

2 April, 2012

EU regulators turn spotlight on mobile gang of five

...large telecom operators... and from the GSMA, the mobile operators' association," the Competition Commission said in a statement on Wednesday. "The requests for information relate... Read more

15 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Spanish antitrust authorities go after Microsoft

...Microsoft for allegedly blocking third parties from selling software licences. The National Competition Commission (CNC) said on Tuesday that the investigation may take up to... Read more

21 September, 2011

Mobile operators set to receive rate cuts

The Competition Commission has decided the UK's mobile termination rates — the amount one... Read more

26 January, 2009 by Jo Best

Capita-IBS merger sent to Competition Commission

...fellow public-sector software and services provider IBS OpenSystems referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading. According to the Office of... Read more

24 November, 2008 by Jo Best

Mobile phone firms referred to Competition Commission

Oftel announced on Monday that it has formally asked the UK's Competition Commission to investigate whether Vodafone, mmO2, One2One and Orange are charging too... Read more

7 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Arqiva ties down Kangaroo technology

...TV service for the three organisations. It was shot down by the Competition Commission in February of this year, after the watchdog deemed it to... Read more

24 July, 2009 by Tim Ferguson

Orange may adopt Kangaroo online TV tech

...4 and ITV but was subsequently given the red light by the Competition Commission earlier this year due to fears that it would put too... Read more

7 April, 2009 by Tim Ferguson

BT shrugs off Freeserve broadband complaints

...about BT Broadband earlier this week. It has also appealed to the Competition Commission in an attempt to have another complaint against BT upheld, even... Read more

25 October, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

European data-roaming caps come into force

Mobile operators must allow customers to set a limit on how much they spend on data roaming in the EU, or impose a €50 cap Read more

2 March, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Oracle proposes new MySQL plan to EU

The company takes measures designed to prop up the competitiveness of MySQL, in an attempt to grease the wheels of the European Commission's inquiry into its takeover of Sun Read more

14 December, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

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