Competition Commission
EU takes the heat off Microsoft antitrust monitoring
News The European Commission has said it will stop actively monitoring Microsoft to check the software maker is complying with a 2004 antitrust ruling. In 2005, the Commission appointed an independent trustee... [05 Mar 2009]
Google wants to get in on Microsoft antitrust case
News Google wants to help the European Commission prove antitrust charges against Microsoft related to the software giant's dominance of the web browser market. The Commission formally put Microsoft on notice... [25 Feb 2009]
Online TV - why this is only the beginning
News And regarding the recent prohibition of the Kangaroo multibroadcaster online TV service by the Competition Commission - a project Highfield briefly headed - he said: "I think the demise of Kangaroo is a... [12 Feb 2009]
Legal Eye: Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Comment The European Commission recently launched a report on the pharmaceutical industry which accused the industry as a whole of a number of abusive practices relating to patents. It has also accused the computer giant of... [11 Feb 2009]
Mozilla given voice in Europe's Microsoft case
News She wrote that she agrees with the Commission's allegations that tying IE to the Windows OS harms competition for web browsers and reduces consumer choice. Mozilla has been granted a seat at the table in... [11 Feb 2009]
Kangaroo tech to get ITV kiss of life?
News The technology developed for the now defunct Kangaroo online TV service could still be used despite the project being blocked by the Competition Commission. Speaking to silicon.com an ITV spokeswoman... [06 Feb 2009]
Project Kangaroo shot dead by Competition Commission
News Project Kangaroo, a proposed single platform for viewing BBC, ITV and Channel 4 programmes on a computer, has been blocked by the Competition Commission. Commission chairman Peter... [04 Feb 2009]
Could EU force rival browsers through the Windows?
News In January 2008, the commission opened an additional competition law investigation that relates primarily to interoperability with respect to our Microsoft Office family of products," Microsoft said. As... [26 Jan 2009]
Rate cuts on the cards for mobile operators
News The Competition Commission has decided the UK's mobile termination rates - the amount one operator pays another to connect a call over their network - should be cut. In its decision, the... [23 Jan 2009]
iPlayer and chums coming to your set-top box and mobile
News A separate web TV joint venture between the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV, Project Kangaroo recently fell foul of the Competition Commission, which decided the service - an online media player carrying content... [11 Dec 2008]
Watchdog kills Project Kangaroo's bounce
News The future of Project Kangaroo, the proposed online TV-video joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is in doubt following comments from the Competition Commission. The... [03 Dec 2008]
Ericsson-STMicroelectronics match gets EC seal of approval
News The Commission said in a statement that it sees no threat to "effective competition" from the deal. Investigation revealed that the creation of the joint venture would not give rise to... [28 Nov 2008]
Intel hits back at EC over antitrust claims
News A spokesperson for the EU competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that the Commission would "obviously defend [its] side of the story at the Court of... [28 Nov 2008]
OFT refers Capita IBS deal to Competition Commission
News Capita has seen its acquisition of fellow public sector software and services provider IBS Opensystems referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The fact that we have... [21 Nov 2008]
Project Kangaroo makes leap to December testing
News The project is making plans to test the technology despite being under scrutiny from the Competition Commission. The Office of Fair Trading referred the project to the Competition... [18 Nov 2008]
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