Tag: Telecom

Italy’s Antitrust Authority has opened proceedings against Telecom Italia and Fastweb for possible uncompetitive practices regarding their joint fibre optic venture Flash Fiber. Flash Fiber...

Britain's Vodafone confirmed on Monday it was in talks to merge its Indian subsidiary with local rival Idea Cellular in an all-share deal that...

Democratic senators signed a letter this week asking AT&T and Time Warner to illustrate how their proposed merger “would serve the public interest.” Signatories  to the...

By Timothy Cowen & Stephen Dnes - This article identifies what works well in competition law enforcement, and what drives and distinguishes good performance from less...

Italy's communications regulator Agcom has signed an agreement on closer cooperation with the competition regulator Agcom to combat unfair commercial practices. This builds on...

Naguib Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire who made his fortune building a telecoms empire extending from Algeria to Pakistan, is behind a deal to create...

Posted by Social Science Research Network Political determinants of competition in the mobile telecommunication industry By Mara Faccio & Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago) Abstract: We study how...

Letter from the Editor Dear Readers, This month, the Antitrust Chronicle® brings you a special edition on antitrust issues in the telecoms sector, focusing on...

In this interesting interview, Commissioner Estavillo addresses questions concerning the telecom reforms in Mexico, the asymmetric regulation applied to incumbents to introduce competition in...

By Sascha Schubert - The EU telecoms sector has gone through several years of intense M&A activity, characterized by horizontal 4:3 mobile consolidation on the one...