Category: Global Blogs

US: Dish fights Comcast, TWC deal (Competition Policy International)

Dish Network has reportedly appealed to the Federal Communications Commission urging the regulator to block the proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable by Comcast.

Dish’s filing with the FCC was coupled with chairman Charlie Ergen’s meeting with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Monday, say reports. Dish argues that the Comcast deal will …read more

Mexico: The mighty America Movil begins to crumble (Competition Policy International)

Mexico billionaire Carlos Slim is reportedly ready to surrender to recent legislative overhauls to the telecommunications market.

Slim, the owner of top telco America Movil, is said to be planning a breakup of the conglomerate that was recently declared to hold a dominant position in the market. Slim had been weighing …read more

Mexico: Dominant America Movil to split up (Competition Policy International)

Mexico billionaire Carlos Slim is reportedly ready to surrender to recent legislative overhauls to the telecommunications market.

Slim, the owner of top telco America Movil, is said to be planning a breakup of the conglomerate that was recently declared to hold a dominant position in the market. Slim had been weighing …read more

EU: Pay-for-delay lands drug makers with $580 million in fines (Competition Policy International)

The European Commission issued hundreds of millions of dollars on pharmaceutical makers including France’s Servier for pay-for-delay deals that were found to have distorted the market, according to reports.

Servier and five generic drug makers were fined a combined $580 million for colluding to prevent generic and cheaper forms of medication …read more