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  • EU antitrust regulators set to warn Broadcom on $61 billion VMware deal: sources February 27, 2023 05:20 PM IST

    EU antitrust regulators set to warn Broadcom on $61 billion VMware deal: sources

    The European Commission opened an investigation in December last year, saying the deal would allow Broadcom to restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components which interoperate with VMware's software.

  • US preparing antitrust suit to block Adobe plan to buy Figma February 27, 2023 08:11 AM IST

    US preparing antitrust suit to block Adobe plan to buy Figma

    The lawsuit could come as early as next month, Bloomberg reported.

  • Microsoft’s Activision deal tests a new global alignment on antitrust February 05, 2023 11:55 PM IST

    Microsoft’s Activision deal tests a new global alignment on antitrust

    By December, it had become apparent that all three regulators would scrutinize the deal — and that they were playing off one another’s plans.

  • Google makes changes to Android in India after antitrust setback January 25, 2023 08:11 PM IST

    Google makes changes to Android in India after antitrust setback

    The move comes after the country's Supreme Court upheld stringent antitrust directives last week, rejecting a Google challenge against the Competition Commission of India ruling that said the company abused its market position, ordering it to change how it markets its Android system in a key growth market.

  • Google vs CCI: SC's order a watershed moment for India's digital transformation, say local firms January 19, 2023 08:46 PM IST

    Google vs CCI: SC's order a watershed moment for India's digital transformation, say local firms

    The SC verdict will give impetus to the government and the country's consumers, media, app developers, OEMs and the industry towards creating an alternate ecosystem that will be independent from foreign big tech, said industry players

  • Google Vs India | Why so many antitrust investigations against the search engine giant? January 06, 2023 06:08 PM IST

    Google Vs India | Why so many antitrust investigations against the search engine giant?

    India’s antitrust case against Google is a major setback for the search engine giant but it is not new for the tech major. Google, which is one of the world's largest and most powerful technology companies, has faced antitrust investigations and lawsuits in many parts of the world ,including the US, Europe and Russia. Watch the full video to know why Google is facing antitrust lawsuits!

  • EU antitrust regulators about to charge Meta, sources say November 09, 2022 10:44 PM IST

    EU antitrust regulators about to charge Meta, sources say

    The European Commission, which can impose fines up to 10% of a company's global turnover for antitrust violations and Meta declined to comment.

  • Antitrust watchdog CCI's ruling against Google and what it means for the smartphone ecosystem October 21, 2022 08:29 PM IST

    Antitrust watchdog CCI's ruling against Google and what it means for the smartphone ecosystem

    In a set of diktats, India's antitrust watchdog has prised open Google's playbook of preserving Android’s 96 percent market share in India's 600-million strong smartphone market.

  • Meta accepts UK order to sell Giphy after antitrust battle October 19, 2022 08:53 AM IST

    Meta accepts UK order to sell Giphy after antitrust battle

    Meta said it would accept the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) order to unwind the 2020 deal.

  • Intel seeks $624 million in interest from EU after antitrust fine win June 21, 2022 06:23 AM IST

    Intel seeks $624 million in interest from EU after antitrust fine win

    Europe's top court paved the way for such damage demands last year in a landmark ruling which ordered the EU executive to pay default interest on reimbursed fines in annulled antitrust cases.

  • Apple hit with EU antitrust charge over its payment technology May 02, 2022 04:24 PM IST

    Apple hit with EU antitrust charge over its payment technology

    The European Commission said it had sent a charge sheet known as a statement of objections to Apple, detailing how the company had abused its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets on iOS devices.

  • Karnataka HC disposes Google's petition on CCI's Play billing antitrust probe January 10, 2022 05:04 PM IST

    Karnataka HC disposes Google's petition on CCI's Play billing antitrust probe

    CCI had earlier the Karnataka High Court that its investigation arm Director General (DG) has given an assurance that they will complete the ongoing investigation on Google within 60 days 'in all likelihood'.

  • Google's antitrust cases in India & other markets: A quick look January 10, 2022 02:03 PM IST

    Google's antitrust cases in India & other markets: A quick look

    CCI's probe on Google's alleged abuse of dominance in news aggregation is the fifth such antitrust probe against the Internet giant in India.

  • Google Play antitrust probe: Investigation may end in 60 days, CCI tells Karnataka HC January 05, 2022 09:35 PM IST

    Google Play antitrust probe: Investigation may end in 60 days, CCI tells Karnataka HC

    Google had approached the Karnataka High Court on December 27 seeking more time to respond to the questions from the CCI related to the investigation over the mandatory use of its Play Store’s payment system for paid apps and in-app purchases

  • All you need to know about CCI's antitrust probe against Apple's app store practices January 03, 2022 05:45 PM IST

    All you need to know about CCI's antitrust probe against Apple's app store practices

    In its order on New Year Eve, CCI noted that the mandatory use of Apple's in-app payment solution for paid apps and in-app purchases restrict the choice available to the app developers to select a payment processing system of their choice.

  • Antitrust case: Apple brings CEO Tim Cook to court in defence of app store May 21, 2021 01:49 PM IST

    Antitrust case: Apple brings CEO Tim Cook to court in defence of app store

    Epic is trying to prove that the store has morphed into a price-gouging vehicle that not only reaps a 15% to 30% commission from in-app transactions, but blocks apps from offering other payment alternatives.

  • Explained | All about the new WhatsApp privacy policy and why the competition watchdog ordered a probe March 26, 2021 03:17 PM IST

    Explained | All about the new WhatsApp privacy policy and why the competition watchdog ordered a probe

    The Competition Commission believes that WhatsApp should have allowed users to opt out of the policy, as it did with a 2016 update. One of the biggest complaints against the platform is that it collects more data about users automatically and also through third parties.

  • Antitrust and the Technology Race November 12, 2020 08:19 AM IST

    Antitrust and the Technology Race

    Will the US fall behind China in the race for AI and Quantum Computing supremacy if significant curbs are put on the Big Four?

  • Explained: The antitrust concerns Amazon and Flipkart raise in India November 03, 2020 01:59 PM IST

    Explained: The antitrust concerns Amazon and Flipkart raise in India

    Preferential treatment, deep discounting and exclusive tie-ups e-commerce platforms offer tilt the balance in favour of select sellers. Such practices go against the spirit of fair trade, the lawyer representing the All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA) explains

  • CCI reviewing antitrust allegations against Facebook's WhatsApp: Sources May 18, 2020 12:04 PM IST

    CCI reviewing antitrust allegations against Facebook's WhatsApp: Sources

    The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is reviewing a complaint filed in mid-March alleging that WhatsApp was bundling its digital payment facility within its messaging app

  • US states plan Google antitrust meeting next month in Colorado: Sources October 23, 2019 07:59 AM IST

    US states plan Google antitrust meeting next month in Colorado: Sources

    The meeting, which is being planned for Nov. 11, would be similar to a gathering this week in New York where state and federal enforcers from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission discussed their probe of Facebook, according to one of the sources.

  • Significant market player? TRAI plans to name one for every circle annually October 11, 2017 12:55 PM IST

    Significant market player? TRAI plans to name one for every circle annually

    A list naming a dominant player in every circle will be a first, which will also help address the issue of antitrust or unfair trade practices

  • Mylan says being investigated over EpiPen practices January 31, 2017 08:22 AM IST

    Mylan says being investigated over EpiPen practices

    The Federal Trade Commission had asked the company for information months ago as part of a preliminary investigation, a company spokesperson said in an email.

  • Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm hit with US antitrust suit January 18, 2017 01:30 PM IST

    Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm hit with US antitrust suit

    The US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit in federal court in California claiming Qualcomm's practices amount to "unlawful maintenance of a monopoly in baseband processors," which are devices that enable cellular communications in phones and other products.

  • Google faces record 3 billion euro EU antitrust fine: Telegraph May 16, 2016 11:17 AM IST

    Google faces record 3 billion euro EU antitrust fine: Telegraph

    The European Union has accused Google of promoting its shopping service in Internet searches at the expense of rival services in a case that has dragged on since late 2010.