European Commission’s antitrust regulators have opened an investigation into Spain’s plan to grant 20.7 million euros ($23.4 million) to PSA Group‘s plant in the north west of the country. The Commission said the Spanish aid may have given the country an unfair advantage in attracting the PSA project or that it may even be unnecessary. […]
The European Commission is holding up Apple’s planned acquisition of Shazam. “The Commission is concerned that the merger could reduce choice for users of music streaming services,” said the Commission in a statement. Shazam is used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide to query song identities. It is available to Android and iOS devices […]
The European Commission today gave Nokia permission to move forward with its acquisition of rival Alcatel-Lucent. Following its initial review, the Commission approved the deal without placing any conditions on the terms. The acquisition still needs to be approved by Nokia’s shareholders and antitrust regulators in a handful of other countries. Nokia expects the complete […]
The European Commission has opened two separate investigations into Qualcomm’s business practices to determine if the chipmaker is violating antitrust regulations. The first investigation is targeting Qualcomm’s alleged offer of financial incentives to companies that ordered chips only from Qualcomm. The second investigation is looking into Qualcomm’s pricing, wherein the company severely undercuts competitors to […]
The European Commission today agreed to make cellphone roaming charges illegal beginning in 2017. The change in law means European wireless network operators will not be allowed to charge roaming fees for customers who travel across the 28-country continent. Additionally, the European Commission also adopted some net neutrality regulations to prevent service providers from discriminating […]
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s business practices around e-book distribution and sales. The Commission will in particular investigate certain clauses included in Amazon’s contracts with publishers that require publishers to inform Amazon about more favorable or alternative terms offered to competitors. Allegedly, should Amazon find out about better deals […]
“Free-to-play,” one of the most popular business models for mobile apps, may be getting a makeover — at least in name. A statement released today by the European Commission said that, following an appeal to Google and Apple last December, Google has decided to change how it refers to “free” apps. Starting in September, at […]
Google is abusing its position as the dominant Android app store, according to an antitrust complaint from another app marketplace. Aptoide, a store from Portugal that hosts 200,000 apps and has 6 million active users, has met with European Commission representatives in the last week, and claims that Google makes it unfairly difficult for Android […]
The European Commission and South Korea today announced plans to together define the future 5G wireless standard, as well as develop the technologies to support it. The two bodies signed a Joint Declaration on Strategic Cooperation in Information Communications Technology (ICT) and 5G to increase the discussions and research around the topic. A wide number […]
The European Commission today published the preliminary results of an antitrust investigation against Google’s Motorola Mobility unit and found the company went too far. Motorola sought to block Apple from selling certain products in Germany by claiming Apple infringed on its standard essential patents. Apple argued that Motorola was seeking unfair terms for its patents, […]
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