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EU's Breton urges rethink on cross-border telecoms mergers

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EU's Breton urges rethink on cross-border telecoms mergers reuters.com/business/media

EU industry chief Thierry Breton urged antitrust regulators on Monday to consider allowing more cross-border mergers in the European telecoms industry, backing calls by Deutsche Telekom , Orange ,...

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EU antitrust regulators pause Broadcom, VMware probe, await data

EU antitrust regulators pause Broadcom, VMware probe, await data reuters.com/technology/eu-

EU antitrust regulators have paused their investigation into Broadcom's $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware while waiting for the U.S. chipmaker to provide requested data, the European...

Intel faces yet another EU antitrust fine despite court win last year

Intel faces yet another EU antitrust fine despite court win last year reuters.com/technology/int

Intel could face yet another EU antitrust fine despite winning its court fight last year against a 1.06 billion

Mondelez sets aside 300 mln euro to resolve EU antitrust probe

Mondelez sets aside 300 mln euro to resolve EU antitrust probe reuters.com/markets/europe

Oreo maker Mondelez has set aside 300 million euros ($326 million) to resolve an EU antitrust investigation into whether it blocked cross-border sales of its products in the European Union in breach...

Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators ramp up Microsoft scrutiny, probe likely - sources

Reuters months ahead with the news! Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators ramp up Microsoft scrutiny, probe likely - sources reuters.com/technology/eu-

Microsoft is likely to face an EU antitrust investigation as regulators intensify their scrutiny into its practices in a case triggered by Salesforce.com's workspace messaging app Slack, people...

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Exclusive: EU's Breton warns of ChatGPT risks, AI rules seek to tackle concerns

Exclusive: ChatGPT in spotlight as EU's Breton bats for tougher AI rules reuters.com/technology/eus

EU industry chief Thierry Breton said new artificial intelligence rules will aim to tackle concerns about the risks of ChatGPT and ensure Europeans can trust artificial intelligence technology, the...

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Turning on subsidy tap for EU green deal a hard sell to smaller countries, critics

Turning on subsidy tap for EU green deal a hard sell to smaller countries, critics reuters.com/world/europe/t

The European Union is poised to turn on its subsidies tap again, this time to counter U.S. clean energy aid, after already doling out billions in the last three years to businesses hit by the...

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Exclusive: Big Telecoms advertising venture set to win EU antitrust nod - sources

Exclusive: European telecoms' advertising venture set for EU approval -sources reuters.com/business/media

Deutsche Telekom , Orange , Telefonica and Vodafone's plan to set up an advertising joint venture to compete with Big Tech is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval, people familiar with the...

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Exclusive: Big Telecoms advertising venture set to win EU antitrust nod - sources

Exclusive: Big Telecoms advertising venture set to win EU antitrust nod - sources reuters.com/business/media

Deutsche Telekom , Orange , Telefonica and Vodafone's plan to set up an advertising joint venture to compete with Big Tech is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval, people familiar with the...

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Exclusive: EU may miss gigabit target, more investments needed, telecoms group says

Exclusive: EU may miss gigabit target, more investments needed, telecoms group says reuters.com/business/media

The European Union risks missing its target to connect all European households to a gigabit network by 2030, underscoring the need for more investments, according to a study commissioned by telecoms...

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Exclusive: EU industry chief Breton to hold video call with Twitter's Musk - EU official

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will hold a video call with Twitter owner Elon Musk on Tuesday to discuss two key EU tech initiatives, a European Commission official said on Tuesday.

Exclusive: EU industry chief Breton to hold video call with Twitter's Musk - EU official

Exclusive: EU industry chief Breton urges more compliance efforts from Twitter's Musk reuters.com/technology/eu-

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will hold a video call with Twitter owner Elon Musk on Tuesday to discuss two key EU tech initiatives, a European Commission official said on Tuesday.

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Exclusive: EU's Breton tells Twitter to do more to comply with bloc's tech rules

Exclusive: EU's Breton tells Twitter to do more to comply with bloc's tech rules reuters.com/technology/eus

EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Tuesday told Twitter owner Elon Musk to do more to fully comply with the bloc's online content rules.

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EU antitrust regulators set April 11 deadline for Orange's Belgian deal

EU antitrust regulators set April 11 deadline for Orange's Belgian deal reuters.com/markets/deals/

EU antitrust regulators will decide by April 11 whether to clear Orange's bid for a majority stake in Belgian peer VOO SA after the French telecoms provider signed a deal with Liberty Global's...

EU studying whether Big Tech should pay network costs -EU document

EU studying whether Big Tech should pay network costs -EU document reuters.com/business/media

The European Union (EU) will consult the technology and telecoms sectors on whether tech giants like Alphabet Inc's Google , Meta and Amazon.com Inc should subsidize network costs, according to a...

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Exclusive: EU industry chief Breton to hold video call with Twitter's Musk - EU official

Exclusive: EU industry chief Breton to hold video call with Twitter's Musk - EU official reuters.com/technology/eu-

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will hold a video call with Twitter owner Elon Musk on Tuesday to discuss two key EU tech initiatives, a European Commission official said on Tuesday.

Exclusive: EU industry chief Breton to hold video call with Twitter's Musk - EU official

Exclusive: EU industry chief Breton to hold video call with Twitter's Musk - EU official reuters.com/technology/eu-

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will hold a video call with Twitter owner Elon Musk on Tuesday to discuss two key EU tech initiatives, a European Commission official said on Tuesday.

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Sony's gaming chief met EU's Vestager on Microsoft's Activision deal -source

Jan 26

Sony's gaming chief met EU's Vestager on Microsoft's Activision deal -source reuters.com/markets/deals/

Sony's gaming chief Jim Ryan met EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Wednesday to discuss Microsoft's $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard , a person familiar with the...

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5th W@Competition Conference

Jan 26

Great line-up of speakers at W@competition conference next week

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Join the 5th W@Competition Conference. Speakers include: Linsey McCallum, Deputy Director-General for Antitrust, European Commission's DG COMP Cani Fernández, President of the Spanish Comisión...

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Subsidies will not boost bloc's competitiveness, EU's Vestager warns

Jan 25

Subsidies will not boost bloc's competitiveness, EU's Vestager warns reut.rs/3WKVTZe

EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Wednesday pushed back against calls by France, Germany, Italy and other EU countries for more subsidies to companies, warning that such artificial aid would...

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EU wants to cut red tape, costs to spur rollout of 5G - document

Jan 24

EU wants to cut red tape, costs to spur rollout of 5G - document reuters.com/business/media

The European Commission wants to cut red tape and costs to help Deutsche Telekom , Orange , Telecom Italia and other telecoms operators roll out fast-speed 5G, according to a Commission document seen...

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Microsoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal - sources

Jan 16

Microsoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal - sources reuters.com/technology/mic

Microsoft is likely to receive an EU antitrust warning about its $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard , people familiar with the matter said, that could pose another challenge...

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EU antitrust regulators to decide by Feb. 17 on Korean Air, Asiana deal

Jan 16

EU antitrust regulators to decide by Feb. 17 on Korean Air, Asiana deal reut.rs/3XQFEe7

EU antitrust regulators will decide by Feb. 17 whether to clear flag carrier Korean Air Lines' planned takeover of rival Asiana Airlines , a European Commission filing showed on Monday.

HSBC fails to shake off Euribor cartel charge

Jan 12

HSBC fails to shake off Euribor cartel charge reuters.com/business/finan

HSBC on Thursday failed to overturn a court ruling that it had participated in a cartel to rig benchmark Euribor rates in 2007, but Europe's top court confirmed that a 33.6 million euro ($36 million)...

EU top court upholds EU antitrust fine on Lithuanian Rail

Jan 12

EU top court upholds EU antitrust fine on Lithuanian Rail reut.rs/3vV6XrJ

Europe's top court on Thursday upheld an EU antitrust fine handed out to Lithuanian Rail six years ago for removing a track running to Latvia to hinder a Latvian rival used by Polish oil company PKN...

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HSBC fails to shake off Euribor cartel charge

Jan 12

HSBC wins appeal against $36 mln Euribor cartel fine reuters.com/business/finan

HSBC on Thursday failed to overturn a court ruling that it had participated in a cartel to rig benchmark Euribor rates in 2007, but Europe's top court confirmed that a 33.6 million euro ($36 million)...

Exclusive: Illumina to face EU fine of 10% of turnover over Grail deal -sources

Jan 11

Exclusive: Illumina to face EU fine of 10% of turnover over Grail deal -sources reuters.com/markets/deals/

U.S. life sciences company Illumina is likely to face a fine of 10% of its global annual turnover, the maximum penalty, for closing its takeover of Grail without waiting for EU antitrust approval,...

Exclusive: EU wants details of Big Tech, telcos investment plans

Exclusive: EU wants details of Big Tech, telcos investment plans - source reuters.com/technology/eu-

The European Commission wants to ask Big Tech and European Union telecoms providers about their investment outlays and cloud infrastructure plans before tabling legislation that could make the former...

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TikTok CEO seeks to reassure on EU rules on privacy, child safety

TikTok CEO seeks to reassure on EU rules on privacy, child safety reuters.com/technology/tik

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew on a visit to Brussels on Tuesday sought to reassure the European Union the app would respect the bloc's increasingly stringent tech rules and commitments to...

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TikTok CEO seeks to reassure on EU rules on privacy, child safety

TikTok CEO, EU's Vestager chatted about data harvesting, spying reut.rs/3vWtNPm

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew on a visit to Brussels on Tuesday sought to reassure the European Union the app would respect the bloc's increasingly stringent tech rules and commitments to...

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Illumina challenges EU order to keep Grail separate reut.rs/3GTLy8r

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Jan 9

EU to decide by Feb. 10 on Big Telecoms advertising venture

EU competition enforcers will decide by Feb. 10 whether to allow Deutsche Telekom , Orange , Telefonica and Vodafone to set up an advertising joint venture to compete with Big Tech, a European...

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EU competition regulator opens whistleblower hotline for merger breach tips

Jan 9

EU competition regulator opens whistleblower hotline for merger breach tips reuters.com/markets/deals/

Individuals will now be able to alert EU competition regulators about merger breaches or illegal state aid, via an anonymous antitrust whistleblower tool previously reserved for cartels, the European...

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EU regulators to rule on Viasat's Inmarsat takeover by Feb. 13

Jan 9

EU regulators to rule on Viasat's Inmarsat takeover by Feb. 13 reuters.com/markets/deals/

EU antitrust regulators will decide by Feb. 13 whether to clear U.S. company Viasat's $7.3 billion takeover of satellite rival Inmarsat, a European Commission filing showed on Monday.

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EU strongly condemns Taliban ban on female staff at NGOs

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday strongly condemned Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration's order to ban women from working at all local and foreign non-governmental organisations...

EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom's $61 bln VMware bid

Dec 20, 2022

EU opens antitrust probe into Broadcom's $61 bln VMware bid reuters.com/markets/deals/

European antitrust regulators have opened an in-depth investigation into U.S. chipmaker Broadcom's proposed $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware , the European Commission said on...

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Amazon reaches settlement in three EU antitrust cases, avoids fine

Dec 20, 2022

Amazon reaches settlement in three EU antitrust cases, avoids fine reuters.com/technology/ama

Amazon on Tuesday reached a settlement with the European Union in three antitrust probes after the U.S. online retailer addressed the EU's concerns over its use of sellers' data, saving it from a...

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