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Smaller ISPs gain ground in Australia’s NBN wholesale market
Australia’s smaller broadband providers continued to increase their market share in the NBN wholesale market in the most recent quarter, says ACCC report. Read more…
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Alphabet is beginning to look like a country, and not a small one
Alphabet is beginning to show traits that are similar to the evolution of a country, except on steroids. Workers have formed a labor union. Read more…
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Facebook might be forced to sell WhatsApp, Instagram by fickle FTC
Facebook could be forced to sell WhatsApp and Instagram after FTC and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company. Read more…
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Samsung may launch Galaxy S early to fend off Huawei and Apple
Samsung may launch its Galaxy S smartphones earlier than expected in to grab market share from Huawei and fend off competition from Apple. Read more…
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The US antitrust issue – big tech companies ‘worse than oil barons’
The antitrust subcommittee recommended that Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook should not both control and compete in related businesses. Read more…
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Australian regulator to investigate competition between app stores
Australia’s competition regulator said it would look into the extent of competition between the app stores of Apple Inc and Google. Read more…
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Google misled consumers says Australian competition regulator
Australia’s competition regulator accuses Google of misleading consumers to get permission for use of their personal data for targeted ads. Read more…
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Facebook is building its own OS – lifeboat or new foundation?
In an age where collaboration, co-operation and openness are king, news that Facebook is to build its own OS has caused much comment. Read more…
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Australia to tech giants – commit to competition rules – or else!
Australia tells tech giants such as Facebook and Google to agree to new rules to ensure they do not abuse their market power or face new controls. Read more…
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Breaking up Big Tech may not be necessary (or effective)
Web Summit speakers agreed Big Tech is too powerful, but disagreed if a breakup is necessary, or would solve the overall problem of surveillance capitalism. Read more…
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Australian competition regulator investigating broadband pricing
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating whether customers have access to ‘basic’ broadband plans at fair and affordable prices. Read more…
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Australia’s antitrust regulator has hurt competition
Australia’s antitrust regulator has hurt competition by blocking a A$15 billion merger between the nation’s third- and fourth-largest telecoms providers. Read more…
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Qualcomm accused of illegally suppressing competition
Qualcomm illegally suppressed competition in the market for smartphone chips by threatening to cut off supplies and extracting excessive licensing fees. Read more…
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Disruption, 5G and avoiding those Kodak moments
Somewhat counter-intuitively, embracing disruption is likely to be the best strategy for established telcos as 5G draws nigh. The web is littered with stories of companies that have been disrupted, some even before they turned Read more…
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Singapore watchdog suspects competition infringement in Uber-Grab deal
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s competition watchdog said it had reasonable grounds to suspect competition had been infringed by Uber Technologies Inc’s deal to sell its operations in Southeast Asia to rival ride-hailing firm Grab. In Read more…
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Survey says telcos are going digital too slowly – but are they?
It seems that service providers are definitely going digital, but slowly. While 80% of them are undergoing a company-wide digital transformation of some kind, 82% conduct less than half of their transactions digitally. A third Read more…
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Xiaomi takes chipset design in-house, streamlines production, lowers prices
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi Inc announced its first in-house designed chipset on Tuesday, as it works to streamline production, lower prices, and gain greater control over handset design to counter the impact Read more…