Tag: Antitrust policy
EU Commission threatens Google with partial breakup
Margaret Vestager The EU Commissioner is taking the next step in the proceedings against Google. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels The EU Commission has threatened Google with breaking up its lucrative advertising…
EU Commission threatens order for partial sale of advertising business
Margaret Vestager The EU Commissioner is taking the next step in the proceedings against Google. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels The EU Commission is taking the next step in important competition proceedings…
EU Commission calls on Google to sell part of its advertising business
Margaret Vestager The EU Commissioner is taking the next step in the proceedings against Google. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels The EU Commission is taking the next step in important competition proceedings…
EU Commission calls on Google to sell part of its advertising business
Margaret Vestager The EU Commissioner is taking the next step in the proceedings against Google. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels The EU Commission is taking the next step in important competition proceedings…
EU Commission calls on Google to sell part of its advertising business
Margaret Vestager The EU Commissioner is taking the next step in the proceedings against Google. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels The EU Commission is taking the next step in important competition proceedings…
Provisional end for Microsoft’s Activision takeover
Activision Blizzard A hearing is scheduled for next week. (Photo: AP) Washington Microsoft’s mega-takeover of video game provider Activision is temporarily on hold. A judge granted an application by the…
Provisional end for Microsoft’s Activision takeover
Activision Blizzard A hearing is scheduled for next week. (Photo: AP) Washington Microsoft’s mega-takeover of video game maker Activision is temporarily on hold. A US judge granted an application by…
US competition authority wants to prevent takeover by Microsoft
Activision Blizzard The EU had already approved the deal in May. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) san francisco After the British competition authority, the US supervisory authority FTC is also taking…
US competition authority wants to prevent takeover by Microsoft
Activision Blizzard The EU had already approved the deal in May. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Washington According to a report by the Bloomberg agency, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans…
Federal Network Agency grants network operators higher returns
Electricity Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Good news for the more than 800 electricity network operators and around 700 gas network operators in…
Federal Network Agency grants electricity and gas network operators higher returns – consumers pay more
Electricity Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Good news for the more than 800 electricity network operators and around 700 gas network operators in…
Fiber optic providers demand fair competition in the mobile network
Berlin A large majority of fiber optic network operators in Germany also want to offer potential customers mobile communications based on the latest 5G standard. But creating such bundled products…
Federal Network Agency grants electricity and gas network operators higher returns – consumers pay more
Electricity Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Good news for the more than 800 electricity network operators and around 700 gas network operators in…
Cartel Office initiates proceedings against Vodafone
Vodafone radio mast 1&1 accuses the group and its subsidiary Vantage Towers of deliberately slowing down the expansion of the competitor. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Why is the expansion of 1&1’s…
How Telekom uses its market power in fiber optic expansion
Berlin Shortly before Pentecost, association representatives and managers from telecommunications companies met in Bonn for the “David versus Goliath” duel. Not in the corporate headquarters of the industry giant Deutsche…
Artificial intelligence should be regulated
Sam Altman The ChatGPT creator says to be proactive in AI regulation. (Photo: dpa) Munich The boss of the ChatGPT inventor OpenAI, Sam Altman, has reaffirmed his fundamental agreement to…
Higher returns for power grid operators? Netzagentur President Müller gives hope
power poles Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: IMAGO/Countrypixel) Berlin, Dusseldorf Federal Network Agency President Klaus Müller is open to demands that operators of electricity grids…
The federal government and the railways are expecting disaster from Brussels
Freight wagons from DB Cargo Deutsche Bahn rejects accusations from Brussels that it received subsidies that distorted competition. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government fears trouble from Brussels. According to…
EU court rejects lawsuits against RWE-Eon-Deal
RWE Campus Essen The European Commission has approved the purchase of Eon generation by RWE 2019. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf An important decision has been made regarding lawsuits by several energy…
Head of ChatGPT inventor advocates AI regulation
Sam Altman During a hearing in the US Senate, the head of the ChatGPT inventor OpenAI speaks of your concerns about the spread of misinformation. (Photo: dpa) Washington The boss…