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Mobile wallet scheme comes under EU probe

Following a complaint by Three, European regulators have said the joint venture between Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and O2 raises 'potential competition concerns' Read more

16 April, 2012 by David Meyer

EU opens antitrust probe into Samsung

...UK. "We will now investigate to check whether FRAND commitments and EU competition law have been breached." However, software patent expert Florian Mueller considers full... Read more

31 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

Apple loses patent suit against Motorola in Germany

...the total damages would exceed the value of the FRAND agreement. "While competition law requires the patent holder to extend a license on FRAND terms... Read more

9 December, 2011

Net neutrality heads for European Parliament vote

...measure in the area of net neutrality should, in addition to existing competition law, provide tools to deal with any anti-competitive practices that may... Read more

21 October, 2011 by David Meyer

Spanish antitrust authorities go after Microsoft

...According to Elegant Business's complaint, this is in breach of Spanish competition law. In a statement, the CNC said its investigators have already "had... Read more

21 September, 2011

O2: 4G mobile broadband will allow data 'toll roads'

...at a Westminster eForum on smartphones and tablets. Also speaking was Ofcom competition law chief David Stewart, who said "simple principles" will have to be... Read more

2 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Ofcom calls for right to block spectrum trades

...to a better outcome for citizens and consumers than relying solely on competition law". The government told Ofcom in July that it would have to... Read more

3 February, 2011

Intel and FTC make antitrust compromise

...through anti-competitive means. Intel does not admit that it violated US competition law, the company said on Wednesday. Nevertheless, it has conditionally agreed in... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Virgin complains to Ofcom over openness in Canvas

...break merger laws. However, at the time the OFT noted that other competition law could come into play. Virgin's complaints about Canvas are wide... Read more

3 August, 2010 by David Meyer

EU highlights difficulty of establishing online antitrust

...the interests of both users and partners, as well as within European competition law." The competition commissioner also made reference to the emerging mobile and... Read more

8 July, 2010 by David Meyer
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23 January, 2012

EC threatens more legal action over broadband

...action to the issue of discrimination, both with the tools offered by competition law and the unbundling regulation," Monti said. Competition law allows regulators to... Read more

8 July, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

UK to escape EC telecoms wrath

The European Commission is likely to let Britain escape legal action over broadband competition, according to a source familiar with the issue Read more

6 December, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Europe examines Google antitrust complaints

...interests of users and partners, as well as in line with European competition law," Holtz wrote. According to Holtz, Foundem and ejustice.fr have claimed... Read more

24 February, 2010 by David Meyer

Microsoft's draft licence, step by step

...is this licence necessary? Microsoft has been found guilty of breaking EU competition law by "leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating... Read more

18 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson and Matt Loney

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