Three Ireland have just be given the green light from the European Commission with regards to their €850 million bid for Telefonica’s o2 Ireland network. The deal, which should now be completed soon will see Three become the second largest network in Ireland with a total of 2 million subscribers and a 37-percent market share. Currently […]
Microsoft hit with €561 million fine for breaking browser choice commitment
Microsoft have been handed down a fine of €561 million from the Europe Commission with regards to their failure on the browser choice commitment for customers. Back in 2009 Microsoft made a commitment to the EU to ensure that every customer had the ability to chose the default browser(as in not Internet Explorer). Microsoft failed on that promise and were hit […]
Google get EU approval for Motorola purchase
The European commission has just given the go ahead for the acquisition of Motorola go Google. Google Announced back in August that it would be purchasing Motorola for it’s extensive 17,000 patents and its 7,500 pending patent applications at a price of $12.5 Billion. “We have approved the acquisition… because upon careful examination, this transaction does not itself raise competition issues,” […]