Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Competition and Markets Authority.
Telecom providers Vodafone and CK Hutchison are said to be planning a £15 billion mobile merger in the UK. The deal would signify an unprecedented level of mobile market consolidation in the United Kingdom. This week the Financial Times reported that UK mobile giant Vodafone and CK Hutchinson, ... Read more
26 days ago
The regulator says its recent market study uncovered practices and features that could limit competition The UK's communications services regulator, Ofcom, is proposing to ask the country's competition regulator to investigate the cloud services market, the agency announced this week. Ofcom s... Read more
2 months 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
3 months ago
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Network of Consumer Authorities had raised concerns that the changes were not presented clearly and understandably, thereby violating European Union laws. As a result, the company has now agreed to clarify changes made to EU users’ con... Read more
3 months 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
3 months ago
Google's Chromium dev team is about to go against Apple's rules for iOS browser development. This week Apple Insider reported that Google's Chromium team is working on developing a new browser for iOS based on Blink, instead of using Webkit as mandated by App Store policies. The Google Chromi... Read more
4 months ago
The US tech giant seeks to squash an investigation by the UK's competition watchdog. This week Reuters reported that Apple has filed an appeal against an investigation launched by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the dominance of its mobile browsers in the cloud gaming mark... Read more
4 months ago
Microsoft's $75 billion acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard is under thorough investigation in Brussels and the United Kingdom amid rising worries of anti-competitive risks. Sony is worried that the merger prevents rivals from accessing the hit game franchise Call of Duty. Ac... Read more
9 months ago
Amazon is facing multiple antitrust investigations in Europe. The UK's antitrust watchdog started a probe into Amazon's marketplace on that same day that Germany announced its intention to further restrict the tech giant. The UK investigation will first examine whether Amazon holds a dominant ... Read more
11 months ago
Google's Privacy Sandbox debacle took a turn on Friday when the UK’s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) said it got the tech giant to agree to commit to improvements over the tech (a direct competitor of cookies). The CMA’s claim came after Thursday’s call by the UK’s data watchdog... Read more
1 year ago
