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EU court upholds commission state aid definition
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
The European Court of Justice has ruled that a loan offered to France Télécom by the French government constituted state aid, even though the €9 billion offer was not accepted.
Commission closes “E5” telecoms probe
Friday, 8 March 2013
The European Commission has closed a preliminary investigation of Europe’s five-largest telecoms operators, after finding collaboration over standards was not anti-competitive.
Telekom Austria/Orange obtains court clearance
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Austria’s Cartel Court has approved Telekom Austria’s €390 milllion acquisition of low cost mobile operator Yesss! from Orange, a side deal of Orange’s merger with Hutchison 3G.
France Télécom commitments in net neutrality probe accepted
Monday, 24 September 2012
France’s Competition Authority has accepted France Télécom’s commitments in what the agency claims to be the first ever decision to eliminate competition restrictions that threatened internet neutrality.
DG Comp clears mobile wallet venture
Thursday, 6 September 2012
The European Commission has approved a mobile payment system joint venture between the UK’s four largest mobile operators.
Digicel damages claim put on hold
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Paris’ Commercial Court has stayed a claim for damages by telecoms company Digicel against France Telecom until the Court of Appeal rules on whether the defendant abused its dominant position.
Mobile JV attracts close EU scrutiny
Premium Article • Monday, 16 April 2012
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation of the mobile payment and advertising joint venture between Vodafone, Telefónica, Orange and T-Mobile.
France Télécom offers remedies in abuse probe
Premium Article • Thursday, 5 April 2012
France Télécom has offered commitments to address France’s Competition Authority’s concerns that it may be squeezing its competitors’ profit margins in the market for internet connections.
DG Comp looks into telecoms giants
Premium Article • Thursday, 15 March 2012
The European Commission has sent requests for information to five of Europe’s largest telecoms companies to examine whether talks over standard-setting implied collusion, despite claims by the companies that DG Comp was informed of the talks.
Counsel finalised for Swiss telecoms deal
Premium Article • Wednesday, 11 January 2012
France Télécom and private equity company Apax have lined up their antitrust counsel after Apax’s acquisition of Orange Switzerland was approved by France Télécom’s board of directors yesterday.
Telecoms powerhouses announce cross-border JV
Premium Article • Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom-Orange have announced a deal to combine their procurement activities, subject to antitrust clearance.
French court overturns France Telecom and Vivendi fines
Premium Article • Monday, 31 January 2011
A French appeals court has overturned antitrust fines against France Télécom and Vivendi, nullifying punishment doled out by the country’s Competition Authority in 2004.
French telephone operators defeated in court
Premium Article • Friday, 24 September 2010
France Télécom and its local mobile subsidiary, Orange Caraïbe, have lost their fight in the Paris Court of Appeal against accusations they abused their dominant position in several French overseas territories.
French TV rivals in channel merger talks
Premium Article • Monday, 26 July 2010
France Télécom’s Orange and Vivendi’s Canal Plus are in talks about a possible merger of their pay-TV cinema channels.
Consumer groups lobby for UK review of T-Mobile/Orange
Premium Article • Friday, 8 January 2010
UK consumer groups are asking that the European Commission allow UK authorities to review the proposed merger of mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange.
GCR May 2013
Surveys: Washington, Taiwan • EU Cartel Settlements Round Table, Mexican Amparos • Interviews with Shiow-Ming Wu, Chris Fonteijn, Joe Wayland.
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