Italy accepts telecoms remedies

Premium Article - Wednesday, 31 December 2008

The Italian communications authority, AgCom, has accepted Telecom Italia's commitments to improve competition in the electronic communications market.

DG Comp raids Polish telecoms incumbent

Premium Article - Thursday, 30 October 2008

Antitrust officials from the European Commission and Poland's Office for Competition and Consumer Protection have raided the offices of incumbent Polish telecom operator TPSA.

New York firms steer telecoms deal

Premium Article - Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP are providing antitrust advice on CenturyTel's US$5.8 billion acquisition of telecoms rival Embarq.

New York firms steer telecoms deal

Premium Article - Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP are providing antitrust advice on CenturyTel's US$5.8 billion acquisition of telecoms rival Embarq.

EU assembly adopts telecoms reform

Premium Article - Wednesday, 24 September 2008

The European Parliament has today adopted new measures designed to boost competition in the EU telecoms markets.

Israel set to block telecoms deal

Premium Article - Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Israel's Antitrust Authority has given a preliminary indication that it will block telecoms' company NetVision's 480 million New Israeli shekel (€95 million) acquisition of a 15 per cent stake in cable operator Hot Telecommunication Systems.

Jersey regulates telecoms prices

Premium Article - Thursday, 18 September 2008

Jersey's Competition Regulatory Authority yesterday announced plans to regulate price increases by Jersey Telecom, after finding insufficient competition in the market for fixed-line services.

Senator quizzes telecoms companies

Premium Article - Wednesday, 10 September 2008

US senator Herb Kohl, chair of the Senate antitrust subcommittee, has asked the country's four leading wireless telephone companies to explain why the price of text messaging has increased 100 per cent in the past three years.

Portugal fines telecoms incumbent

Premium Article - Wednesday, 03 September 2008

Portugal's Competition Authority has fined PT Comunicações €2.1 million for abuse of dominance.

Slovakia penalises telecoms incumbent

Premium Article - Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Slovakia's Antimonopoly Office has today fined telephone operator Slovak Telekom 885 million korunas (€29 million) for abusing its dominant position.

Chile Telecoms regulator’s 3G proposal rejected

Premium Article - Friday, 25 July 2008

Chile's competition tribunal, Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia, has rejected a recommendation by the country's telecoms regulator, Subtel, to restrict airspace available to mobile phone operators.

CADE closes telecoms case

Premium Article - Monday, 09 June 2008

Brazil's Council for Economic Defence, CADE, has dismissed a case against the country's largest mobile phone operator Vivo, seven years after it began.

Canadian think-tank praises telecoms competition

Premium Article - Thursday, 29 May 2008

Industry think-tank Conference Board Canada says the country's telecoms companies are facing competitive pressure to maintain low prices, reflecting strides made by the government to increase competition in the sector.

Telecoms deal goes before CADE

Premium Article - Wednesday, 21 May 2008

A merger that would create Brazil's largest telecoms company has been filed before the country's Administrative Counsel for Economic Defence (CADE).

Indonesia upholds telecoms decision

Premium Article - Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Temasek Holdings will appeal to Indonesia's supreme court after being told to reduce or sell its stakes in two mobile phone companies.

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