competition
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The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to announce its decision on the updated US$75 billion merger between Microsoft and Activision.
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After UK regulators approved Broadcom’s US$69 billion acquisition of VMware, the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has “set a precedent” for future M&A deals in the tech industry.
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Viasat’s proposed acquisition of Inmarsat has received unconditional clearance from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
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Microsoft has reacted furiously to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocking its US$68.7 billion deal to buy gaming firm Activision.
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India’s fledgling Vodafone Idea has accused its competitors Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel of predatory pricing with their latest 5G deals.
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Inmarsat and Viasat have overcome the latest hurdle in their fight through international regulators to approve their US$7.3 billion merger.
Forthcoming events
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Cellnex has agreed to sell 1,100 sites in the UK to Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG) as part of its plans to buy 6,000 passive infrastructure sites in the UK from CK Hutchison for US$4 billion.
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Viasat and Inmarsat will work with the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to demonstrate how the planned combination of the companies will benefit customers.
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Rogers Communications’ plan to buy rival Shaw Communications faces more uncertainty following continued opposition from Canada’s antitrust regulator.
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The interim injunction filed by Canada's Commissioner of Competition on the upcoming Rogers and Shaw merger, has been resolved.
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Spanish tower company Cellnex has expressed its dismay at the UK competition regulator’s opposition to its latest takeover plan.
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The latest opponent to Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion purchase of chip designer Arm is a powerful agency of the US government.
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The focus of ongoing anti-competition investigations in Europe could be about to make the inevitable shift to cloud services.
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The UK's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told a government department that NVIDIA’s purchase of Arm "raises serious competition concerns" and warrants an in-depth investigation.
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to conduct an in-depth investigation into the sale of CK Hutchison’s tower assets to Cellnex.
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The EU has granted unconditional antitrust clearance for US chip manufacturer Analog Devices (ADI) to acquire Maxim.
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Four years and three Prime Ministers since the referendum, and the UK is no longer an EU member state. From new regulations to the CMA and the investment potential in Dublin, Melanie Mingas takes a look at the impact
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The UK's Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has outlined its priorities for the year ahead, saying that its new strategy "represents a real step change in both its scope and ambition".
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Lawyers have set out some of the challenges that could be faced by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) post-Brexit.
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Virna Rizzo and Jordan Le Gallo, lawyers at Cohen Amir-Aslani, a member of Globalaw, explain the impact of Brexit on the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
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Both Orange and Vodafone have confirmed to Capacity that they are planning to bid for Ethiopian telecoms licences by the extended deadline of 5 April.
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to investigate Nvidia Corp’s US$40 billion deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings.
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Social Media giant Facebook has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the grounds of ‘anticompetitive conduct’.
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From competition to regulation, the tech giants are rarely out of the headlines, but their days of dominance could be numbered.
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Companies wanting to bid for Ethiopia’s two new telecoms licences must get their applications in by 5 March 2021, the regulator has announced.
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The EU will soon confirm if the proposed merger between O2 and Virgin will be assessed by its Competition Commissioner or Britain's Competition and Markets Authority.
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Nokia has signed an infrastructure-as-a-service deal with Google Cloud that is intended to “transform” its digital infrastructure.
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The International Telecoms Union (ITU, the UN agency for information and communication technology) has released details of its Innovation Challenges 2020, an open global competition platform for innovators and ecosystem builders to present their ideas and projects, empowering them to transform their communities into thriving digital societies.