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European Commission extends review of Nokia's planned acquisition of NAVTEQ

2008-03-28 19:06:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Commission has initiated a Phase II review of the pending acquisition of NAVTEQ. This is part of the Commission's review process, and does not in any way signal the ultimate outcome We have engaged in an open and constructive dialogue with the Commission in order to find agreement on the acquisition of NAVTEQ. We have listened to the...
 
Tags: nokia, internet services push, internet, nokia remains strongly, commission, european commission, nokia siemens networks, review, acquisition
 
 
 
 
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Federal Trade Commission Clears Google's Acquisition of DoubleClick

2007-12-21 15:18:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Commission's clearance of its planned acquisition of DoubleClick Inc., a premier provider of display ad serving technology and services. Google announced in April 2007 a definitive agreement to acquire the company for $3.1 billion in cash from San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman along with JMI Equity and management The...
 
Tags: acquisition, google, acquisition poses, billion acquisition, billion, display, display ads, doubleclick, ads
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft slammed by European Commission with $1.4b fine

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2008-02-27 13:24:00 by Joshua Topolsky in
...Commission has fined the monolithic company $1.4 billion due to failure to comply with a 2004 ruling on monopolistic business practices. The Commission found that the folks in Redmond had been guilty of -- gasp! -- freezing out competition by not providing "vital information" to rival software companies. This isn't the first time it's had to...
 
Tags: european commission, commission, fine, microsoft, company, monolithic company, competition policy, competition, monopolistic business practices
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft slammed by European Commission with $1.35b fine

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2008-02-27 08:24:00 by Joshua Topolsky in Engadget
...Commission has fined the monolithic company 899 million (or $1.35 billion) due to failure to comply with a 2004 ruling on monopolistic business practices. The Commission found that the folks in Redmond had been guilty of -- gasp! -- freezing out competition by not providing "vital information" to rival software companies. This isn't the first...
 
Tags: european commission, commission, fine, microsoft, company, monolithic company, competition policy, competition, monopolistic business practices
 
 
 
 
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International Trade Commission Will Not Review Administrative Law Judge's Initial Determination In Patent Infringement Complaint Filed by Qualcomm Aga

2008-02-29 21:44:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Commission (ITC) will not review Administrative Law Judge Paul J. Luckern's initial determination (ID) that Nokia's GSM/GPRS/EDGE-only handsets (i.e., GSM/GPRS/EDGE handsets that do not also implement WCDMA) do not infringe three Qualcomm patents. The action relates to 2G products and is not related to Nokia's WCDMA or "3G" products that are...
 
Tags: qualcomm, international trade commission, commission, qualcomm patents, qualcomm filed, ticker symbol qcom, nasdaq, recent consolidation, qcom
 
 
 
 
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European Commission backs DVB-H standard

2008-03-18 18:13:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Commission on Monday made mobile TV technology Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds, or DVB-H, the official EU standard, a move that is expected to push broadcasters, operators and handsetmakers to speed efforts to introduce mobile broadcasting across Europe The commission said only a common European standard will create a pan-European...
 
Tags: standard, dvb-h standard, common european standard, gsm standard, dvb-h, mobile, mobile tv, commission, european commission
 
 
 
 
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European Commission gives go-ahead for in-flight mobile phone calls in Europe

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2008-04-07 20:40:21 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...Commission has just approved the use of mobile phones in airplanes over European airspace. Following on the UK's OfCom announcement that in-flight calling is good to go in Great Britain, the executive branch of the European Union has given their blessing to wireless in-flight calls The European Commission's commissioner Viviane Reding warned...
 
Tags: in-flight, calls, in-flight cellphone calls, in-flight cellphone, mobile phone, mobile phone calls, european commission, voice calls, wireless in-flight calls
 
 
 
 
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European Commission okays Nokia's acquisition of Trolltech

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2008-06-11 11:11:49 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...Commission recently approved Nokia's voluntary tender offer for all the shares in Trolltech, which we covered back in January. Settlement took place on June 6, 2008, giving Nokia 52,411,283 shares and votes in Trolltech, or 99.4% of all the shares outstanding in Trolltech. Nokia will apply for the delisting of Trolltech's shares from the Oslo...
 
Tags: european commission, trolltech, nokia, european commission recently, trolltech purchase, per-second mobile phone, mobile phone, shares, voluntary tender offer
 
 
 
 
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EU wireless regulatory body looks into mobile phone billing - European Commission wants per-second mobile phone billing

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2008-01-17 22:09:45 by willpark in IntoMobile
...Commissions (the EUs wireless regulatory body) labor to put caps on EU roaming rates , and the European Telecommunications Commissioner Viviane Reding is turning her attention to carriers wireless billing practices Its well-known that operators like to bill customers on a per-minute basis - which means that all those 20 or 30 second phone...
 
Tags: european commission, european, european commission approves, minute, per-minute basis, 20-second phone calls, phone calls, european union, bill customers