Category: Global Blogs

A post from the past (Chillin’ Competition)

A reader of this blog sent me this morning the link to a post we wrote more than 2 years ago titled The post of a summer day , reproduced below.

A re-read of those lines shows that things have changed little in the course of that period:

Just …read more

Weekly Roundup – Week of July 28 (Competition Policy International)

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A roundup of last week’s newsworthy job changes, agency hires and law firm openings across the antitrust world.

Australia: ACCC devises plan to lower wireless costs (Competition Policy International)

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is suggesting new ways to boost competition in the nation’s wireless market and lower costs for consumers, say reports.

The regulator released a discussion paper Friday that outlines proposals to drive down costs. Among the suggestions, reports say, includes a uniform, set price for landline-to-mobile …read more

US: Phone unlocking signed into law (Competition Policy International)

President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Friday that legalizes the practice of unlocking one’s smartphone to function on any wireless carrier, even without permission from a carrier, say reports.

The bill, first proposed and co-sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), is aimed at increasing competition in the wireless …read more