Tag: Telecom
Germany: Telecom regulator head going after Google, Facebook
Jochen Homann, the president of Germany’s telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur, is going after Google and Facebook, contending that their messaging and email services should face...
Argentina: Telecoms mega-merger given green light
Telecom Argentina picked up approval from competition regulators for a merger with cable TV company Cablevision, creating a new leader in converged telecom and...
India: Telecom department seeking legal opinion on Vodafone-Idea merger
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is seeking legal opinions on the Vodafone-Idea Cellular merger in respect to Vodafone's administratively allocated spectrum holdings, according to...
Italy: Possible collusion ordered to stop
Italy's antitrust authority has ordered Telecom Italia, Wind Tre, Vodafone Italia and Fastweb to halt any possible collusion over billing practices, pending the conclusion...
India: Telecoms Regulator, CCI fights for its rights of jurisdiction in...
India’s telecom regulator and its antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) are locked in a showdown in the Supreme Court, with both laying...
Hong Kong: Hutchison selling off fixed-line unit
On Wednesday Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd said that it is in negotiations for the sale of its fixed-line telecom holdings.
Hutchison said that...
US: Officials in Time-Warner merger discussions with AT&T
Sources familiar with the situation have reported that US antitrust officials have started talking with both Time Warner and AT&T to discuss possible merger...
India: Regulator approves Vodafone’s US$23b merger
The Competition Commission of India has given its approval for the merger of Vodafone Group Plc's India unit with Idea Cellular for US$23 billion.
The...
Australia: Sims warns telecoms of upcoming courts cases
In an interview with ABC News, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims spoke of current and forthcoming actions that the commission...
Mexico: Slim’s America Movil to separate Telmex units in 2017
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s America Movil expects regulatory approval to separate part of its Telmex unit by the end of 2017 or early next...