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China lining up antitrust probe into Google at Huaweis request
2020-09-30 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
According to anonymous sources, China is preparing to launch an investigation into Google following accusations that the company’s Android operating system has served to smother competition. The investigation would also explore whether Google’s dominant market position could be directly damaging to Chinese companies. The case was first proposed by Huawei last year and has now been passed on to the State Council&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Qualcomm wins appeal against US antitrust ruling on licensing practices
2020-08-12 08:35:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Qualcomm has won an appeal against the US court ruling that it violated competition law with its licensing practices. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling by Judge Lucy Koh last year and threw out a worldwide injunction prohibiting Qualcomm from certain business practices, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Qualcomm scores big win in antitrust ruling reversal
2020-08-12 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
In May last year, Qualcomm lost a significant court case brought against them by antitrust regulators. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held that Qualcomm’s infamous ‘no licence, no chips’ policy was resulting in “unreasonably high royalty rates” for use of its intellectual property, effectively serving to throttle competition…read more on TotalTele.com »
Slack makes EU antitrust claim against Microsoft over Teams
2020-07-22 16:41:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Work messaging platform Slack says bundling Teams in Office 365 gives Microsoft an unfair advantage.
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Price-Fixing Indictment Highlights Need for Stronger Antitrust Enforcement, Protections for Farmers
2020-06-03 22:30:29| National Farmers Union
June 3, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Hannah Packman, 202.554.1600 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON Four current and former executives at Pilgrims Pride Corp. and Claxton Poultry Farms, both of which produce chicken, were indicted today for colluding to inflate the prices of birds sold to grocery stores and restaurants. The latest of several price-fixing allegations against meat […]
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