Category: Global Blogs

UK: Royal Mail pleads for Ofcom intervention (Competition Policy International)

Royal Mail has asked for communications watchdog Ofcom to intervene on its behalf as the postal service struggles to compete against TNT.

Royal Mail says rival TNT Post UK will cut Royal’s revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars and has asked Ofcom to launch a review into competition in the …read more

US: Congress spars over letting FTC, FCC decide net neutrality (Competition Policy International)

The fate of net neutrality remains in limbo as Democrats and Republicans spar over how Internet traffic should be regulated, according to reports.

Democrats are general looking to have the Federal Communications Commission proceed with its proposed rules that would allow major Internet service providers charge content providers for faster, priority …read more

US: Google purchase sparks new wireless rumors (Competition Policy International)

Google acquired to start-up companies in quiet deals last week, but one of them is sparking rumors that Google could be the next wireless competitor.

According to reports, the search conglomerate bought MDialog, which specializes in video advertisements, and Alpental Technologies, a startup wireless operator. Terms of the deals were not …read more

US: Non-poaching settlement in jeopardy (Competition Policy International)

A federal judge has reportedly expressed concern about approving tech companies’ settlement offer proposed to end a lawsuit filed against the firms’ non-poaching agreements.

US District Judge Lucy Koh said Thursday that the plaintiffs have leverage against the companies, Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel, should they go to trial. The companies …read more