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Mobile JV attracts close EU scrutiny
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
Thursday, 05 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
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
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, 08 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.
France tackles overseas telecoms
Premium Article - Thursday, 10 December 2009
France’s Competition Authority has sanctioned French incumbent operator France Télécom and its local mobile subsidiary, Orange Caraïbe, fining them €63 million for abusing their dominant position in several French territories.
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