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Vodafone–Three merger cleared to proceed with commitment to invest heavily in UK 5G rollout
The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Vodafone’s proposed merger with Three. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ruled that Vodafone’s merger with Three should be allowed to proceed if both companies sign binding commitment to invest millions to roll out a combined 5G network across the UK. After an 18-month long deliberation, the £16.5 billion merger will go ahead, constituting…
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An Android-ChromeOS merger might actually make sense now – Computerworld
A decade ago, I posed a philosophical question about the ever-overlapping future of Android and ChromeOS. At the time, the question represented my thinking about these platforms from a slightly different perspective, with the notion of ChromeOS potentially taking over for Android at some theoretical point down the road. The tables may have turned in the other direction, but the…
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DirecTV and Dish’s on-and-off merger saga switches back to off
DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell through after Dish bondholders rejected the takeover. “While we believed a combination of DIRECTV and DISH would have benefitted all stakeholders, we have terminated the transaction because the proposed Exchange Terms were necessary to protect DIRECTV’s balance…
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Industry body hits out at CMA following launch of Google, Anthropic merger probe
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an inquiry into Alphabet’s $2 billion Anthropic investment, prompting criticism from the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA). Investment from Google’s parent company was revealed last year, though the CMA only announced it would be probing the deal at the end of July 2024. The CMA is investigating whether the deal…
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DirecTV’s Merger With DISH Might Be a Good Thing
DirecTV is acquiring DISH through a $9.75 billion debt exchange transaction. This deal, pending approval, would create a monopoly in the satellite television industry. Ironically, it would also contribute to the FCC’s 5G buildout goals by rescuing EchoStar, the current owner of DISH, from bankruptcy. The agreement is dense but fairly straightforward. DirecTV will own EchoStar’s television assets and liabilities—DISH,…
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UK Regulator Deems Microsoft and Inflection AI’s Partnership a Merger, But Clears It Of Competition Concerns
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has ended its investigation into the partnership between Microsoft and Inflection AI and cleared it of any competition concerns. It did, however, deem it a “relevant merger situation” that falls within its jurisdiction, so similar deals that do not strictly meet the criteria of an acquisition could be investigated in the future. Inflection AI…
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Microsoft-Inflection deal is a merger, but that’s OK, says UK – Computerworld
At the same time the UK investigation into Microsoft was announced, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began a look into Amazon’s hiring of key executives, including the CEO, from AI startup Adept, and its plan to license some of Adept’s technology. And in early August, the CMA announced that it is launching an inquiry into Amazon’s relationship with Anthropic…
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Amazon-Anthropic Merger Investigated by UK Government
The U.K. government has launched a preliminary investigation into the partnership between Amazon and Anthropic to see if it will significantly lessen competition. This comes days after a similar probe was announced into Alphabet’s collaboration with the AI startup. In March, Amazon concluded its $4 billion (£3.16 billion) investment in Anthropic, the company behind the Claude LLM family, some of…
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