UK reveals its strategy for taking on the US tech giants
The UK government has created the Digital Markets Unit to tackle the growing problem of US tech giants using their size to stifle competition.
The UK government has created the Digital Markets Unit to tackle the growing problem of US tech giants using their size to stifle competition.
The CMA has published issues statements from Sky and Vodafone submitted as part of its investigation into the proposed merger of O2 UK and Virgin Media.
Having got control of the approval process the Competition and Markets Authority has already moved to phase 2 of its investigation into the UK telecoms mega-merger.
As previously rumoured, the European Commission has decided to stay out of the Virgin Media merger with O2 UK on the grounds that it’s none of its business.
Between them, Google and Facebook control 80% of the UK digital advertising market and that’s not healthy for competition or the consumer.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority wants to know if the digital advertising market is being corrupted by internet giants like Google and Facebook.
The UK government has announced it wants to give some regulators the power to fine companies unilaterally without involving the courts.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has backed a ‘super complaint’ raised by Citizens Advice which suggests UK consumers are being ripped off by loyalty penalties on services such as broadband.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Rubert Murdoch’s and Fox’s $11.6 billion attempt to full control of Sky on the grounds of media plurality.
The bureaucratic bouncy ball has been given a new lease of life with Ofcom passing the Fox/Sky merger buck to the Competition and Markets Authority.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given the green light for BT to take over UC player IP Trade.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released the final report from its retail banking market investigation enforcing widespread technological upgrades in some of the industry’s more traditional institutions.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has joined the clamour of lobbying surrounding the proposed merger of UK mobile operators Three and O2.
The UK competition authority has provisionally approved the acquisition of mobile operator EE by fixed-line giant BT, which will create the country’s dominant communications provider.
A group of BT’s competitors have allied themselves with several professional bodies to send an open letter to the FT, calling for Ofcom to recommend a competition investigation into BT.
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has submitted its report into the proposed BTEE acquisition and doesn’t anticipate any competition issues that can’t be dealt with through the standard regulatory channels.
Pay TV giant Sky has called on regulator Ofcom to refer BT to the competition and markets authority (CMA) over claims that BT’s Openreach division, which is in charge of maintaining the fixed line network BT leases to companies like Sky, is failing in its obligations.
The Competition and Mergers Authority has agreed to fast-track the investigation of BT’s proposed takeover of EE to phase 2, after it identified concerns surrounding the impact any deal may have on competition in UK markets.
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