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OFT refers Capita IBS deal to Competition Commission
News Simon Pritchard, OFT senior director of mergers, said it approved the Anite acquisition on the grounds it was unlikely to reduce competition - unlike Capita's takeover of IBS. Capita has seen its... [21 Nov 2008]
Kangaroo web TV faces competition scrutiny
News Simon Pritchard, senior director of mergers at the OFT, said in a statement: "Video on demand is a new and fast-growing consumer sector, and we should judge the issues on evidence, rather than speculate about consumer... [30 Jun 2008]
AT&T-BellSouth merger gets FCC green light
News Even though regulators approved these mergers only on the basis of certain conditions, the deal between AT&T and BellSouth easily won unconditional approval earlier this year from the antitrust division of the Department... [02 Jan 2007]
No 'rubber-stamp' for US telco mega-merger
News Judge Emmet Sullivan, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, continued to press the Department of Justice (DoJ) to explain why he should approve twin mergers involving some of the US' largest telephone... [01 Dec 2006]
US telco mega-mergers under scrutiny
News Sullivan told attorneys for the telecommunications companies and the US Justice Department, which was defending the two deals, that he has "doubts" the mergers will boost competition. Sullivan, who was... [13 Jul 2006]
EU makes a stand on PeopleSoft
News However, under Competition Commissioner Mario Monti, the European Union has been more aggressive on challenging mergers, said Stan Gorinson, who heads the antitrust efforts at Kilpatrick Stockton in... [18 Nov 2003]
Oftel to hit mobile giants with price cap
News Analysts expect Oftel to introduce a price cap to operators Orange and One2One, who both escaped the interconnection charges placed on Vodafone and BTCellnet in 1998 following a Monopolies and Mergers... [24 Sep 2001]
HP and Compaq: EU scrutiny here we come
News Stokes commented: "There is a market share threshold that the EU observe before they become involved in mergers (40 per cent). Both Mike Pullen, EU specialist lawyer at Dibb Lupton Alsop, and Simon Stokes, head of... [04 Sep 2001]
FTC turns up heat under online cartels
News These experts will consider the implications of B2B mergers while taking a closer look at interoperability agreements, B2B operating rules and standard-setting. However, the method of contact with the industry applied by... [08 May 2001]
Text messaging explosion triggers Oftel investigation
News The current controls, scheduled to end in March 2002, were set in 1998 on BT Cellnet and Vodafone after Oftel had referred the two companies to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. Individual networks... [20 Feb 2001]
Byers muses over NTL bid for Cable & Wireless
News The DTI is currently considering a report completed by the Competition Commission, previously the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, on Friday that examines NTL's... [29 Feb 2000]
One2One admits DTI's roaming plans will hit profits
News But One2One, backed by rival Orange, claimed the move transgressed the 1984 Telecoms Act, which states that any changes to licence conditions must first go before the Competition Commission (formerly the... [07 Oct 1999]
DTI and One2One clash again over 3G licences
News But One2One, backed by rival Orange, won a judicial review in August after claiming the DTI's move transgressed the 1984 Telecoms Act, which states that any changes to licence conditions must first go before the Monopolies and... [04 Oct 1999]
DTI to appeal against 3G mobile ruling
News But One2One, backed by rival Orange, won a judicial review in August after claiming the DTI's move transgressed the 1984 Telecoms Act, which states that any changes to licence conditions must first go before the Monopolies and... [27 Aug 1999]
One2One wins battle with DTI
News But One2One, backed by rival Orange, claimed the move transgressed the 1984 Telecoms Act, which states that any changes to licence conditions must first go before the Monopolies and Mergers Commission... [09 Aug 1999]
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