BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is seeking to abolish mobile phone roaming charges across the 28-nation zone while streamlining its telecoms sector and boosting investment in new high-speed networks. The head of the bloc’s executive arm, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, said Wednesday that overhauling the sector “is essential for Europe’s strategic interests and […]
Google Clears Another Step in EU Antitrust Case
Google has taken another step toward settling a European antitrust investigation focusing on whether the Internet giant is abusing its dominant position of online search and advertising markets. Google Inc. has submitted a list of remedies in legally binding form to address the concerns voiced by the European Commission, which acts as the 27-nation bloc’s antitrust authority, the body’s spokesman Antoine Colombani said Monday. […]
Google’s Android Target of Microsoft-Led Antitrust Complaint
BRUSSELS (AP) — A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google’s dominance of mobile Internet usage on smartphones. The “FairSearch” initiative of 17 companies — which includes Microsoft, Nokia, and Oracle — claims Google is acting unfairly by giving away its Android operating system […]