All the stories tagged with antitrust
Microsoft could end up with $7.4 billion antitrust fine
07/17/2012, Microsoft has been embroiled in antitrust cases for quite some time already, and the software giant also agreed that they have failed to comply with an European agreement made in 2009, where they pledged to offer alternatives to Internet Explorer [...]
Google-Motorola Mobility merger review temporarily halted by EU antitrust regulators
12/12/2011, Despite pretty much the majority of the tech industry nodding their heads in approval at the Google-Motorola Mobility acquisition, and with Motorola Mobility’s shareholders giving them the greenlight to go ahead with this new venture, it appears that antitrust regulators [...]
FCC chairman claims AT&T/T-Mobile merger is not in the public’s interest
11/23/2011, The AT&T/T-Mobile merger is not looked upon favorably by many, especially regulatory bodies like the FCC, along with carriers such as Sprint who would effectively end up being the smallest amongst the four major carriers should this merger go through. [...]
Spain launches antitrust investigation into Microsoft
09/21/2011, It seems like it wasn’t too long ago that Microsoft was under the microscope for alleged antitrust practices with their browser Internet Explorer, but now it looks like the whole antitrust issue might be brought up again, and this time [...]
AT&T attempting to sell their assets to their rivals?
09/19/2011, While the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile benefits both companies the most, and even though on paper they claim that it will benefit the rest of the country, not many are convinced, especially with the DoJ launching a lawsuit in [...]
Apple wants antitrust lawsuit to be dropped
04/19/2011, Awhile ago, Apple was sued by Thomas Slatterly, an iTunes user after they blocked music from RealNetworks’ Harmony service from working on the iPod, just days after it was launched. The class action lawsuit against Apple claimed that they were creating [...]
