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Google submits search concessions to EC

2013-04-12 08:33:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Google has submitted its definitive proposal to avoid being fined by the European Commission for breaking competition law in the way it lists search results, Reuters reports. The document was drafted in close consultation with EC officials, who had several weeks to study and comment on Google's initial propositions. The proposal will now be shared with European industry experts, including the plaintiffs, to advise on whether to accept the concessions offered by Google or to seek more. The EC has been investigating Google since 2010 on suspicions of uncompetitive behaviour in the search market. The company currently has an 80 percent share of Europe's search market, according to ComScore. The EC is now receiving complaints about Google's mobile operating system, Android.

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Mexico regulator expects new TV network concessions by year end

2013-02-21 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Move to digital TV In Mexico will free up spectrum for mobile broadband.

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US: Anheuser-Busch InBev offers Grupo Modelo deal concessions

2013-02-14 11:14:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Anheuser-Busch InBev and Constellation Brands have announced a "revised agreement" over the control of Grupo Modelo's brands in a bid to satisfy regulators' concerns.

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Forestry official: Indonesia should extend moratorium on new forest concessions

2013-01-15 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Despite opposition from the powerful palm oil industry, Indonesia should extend its two-year moratorium on new logging and agricultural concessions in carbon-dense peatlands and forests, said a top forestry official. Indonesia's moratorium, which is set to expire this May, was signed in 2011 under a $1 billion climate change mitigation agreement with Norway. The moratorium has made 14.5 million hectares of peatlands and forests off-limits to new concessions. It aims to encourage agricultural expansion...

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