Here you will find all the articles with the tag: antitrust.
This week Reuters reported that US chipmaker Broadcom stands to obtain "conditional" EU antitrust approval for its proposed $61 billion (€57 billion) acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware. The decision, pending since March, increased Broadcom shares by almost 5%, according to the report. ... Read more
11 months ago
Tech giant Microsoft may end up charging for its Teams platform. Previous complaints against Microsoft from Slack have now been bolstered by additional EC filings. Microsoft has offered to modify the pricing plans for its popular Office productivity suite in order to avoid an EU antitrust invest... Read more
12 months ago
France's antitrust watchdog is responding to complaints about Apple's app tracking policy changes. The French governmental antitrust agency is about to proceed with an investigation into Apple over complaints tied to changes that the US tech giant made in 2021 to its app tracking policies, accor... Read more
1 year ago
The German competition regulator says Apple and its subsidiaries qualify for "extended abuse control". This week Germany's Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced that it plans to subject Apple and its subsidiaries to increased measures against anticompetitive behaviour. Declaring... Read more
1 year ago
Microsoft is trying to appease its rivals and thereby avoid an antitrust probe by the European Commission. Reuters reports that Microsoft has offered to change its cloud computing practices to settle antitrust complaints filed by smaller rivals. The move is an attempt by the company to avoid a t... Read more
1 year ago
The US tech giant's EU competitors are not happy with the remedies proposed so far. This week Reuters reported that the companies who filed antitrust complaints against Microsoft in the EU are rejecting the US tech giant's initial offer to resolve the issues. German software provider Nextclo... Read more
1 year ago
The pending warning from the European Commission is just the latest in Broadcom's antitrust problems. EU antitrust regulators have postponed their decision on US chipmaker Broadcom's proposed €57 billion takeover of VMware, according to Reuters. The decision, which the European Commission Comp... Read more
1 year ago
Competition Commissioner Vestager says that the new virtual world environments deserve scrutiny. Last week an international group of competition regulation enforcers, academics and legislators met in Brussels to discuss the new challenges facing the "competition policy community". The conference... Read more
1 year ago
The EC competition authority is once more soliciting preparatory input from Google's rivals. The European Commission is inching closer to what could be a massive fine for Google over its advertising technology, according to POLITICO. The report says that Google may soon receive a "statement o... Read more
1 year ago
The European antitrust enforcer "warns" that the deal could restrict market competition. This week Reuters reported that US chipmaker Broadcom will be hit with an EU antitrust "warning" about the possible anti-competitive effects of its proposed €57 billion bid for VMware. The chipmaker's a... Read more
1 year ago
