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Articles tagged with: Department Of Justice
Department of Justice Investigates US Telco's Market Power
The USA's Department of Justice is reported to have started an initial review to determine whether large U.S. telecom companies have abused the market power they've amassed in recent years. Citing people people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal said it was not yet clear if the agency intends to launch an official inquiry. more
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Justice Department Settles Civil Contempt Claim Against AT&T
AT&T has agreed to pay more than US$2 million as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice that resolves AT&T's alleged violations of two court orders entered in connection with AT&T's acquisition of wireless network operator, Dobson Communications. more
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Police Require Court Order to Access Mobile Phone Location Records
A US federal court has rued that cell phone location information stored by a mobile phone provider is protected by the Fourth Amendment and that the government must obtain a warrant based on probable cause before seizing such records. more
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DOJ Indicts Pennsylvania Man for Faking Sprint Share Ownership
The Department of Justice indicted a Pennsylvania man for trying to trick financial institutions into thinking he owned 13.4 million shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. more
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Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Verizon's Acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp
The USA's Department of Justice has announced that it will require Verizon Communications to divest assets in six geographic areas in Vermont, New York and Washington in order to proceed with its $2.7 billion acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp. (RCC), which does business under the Unicel name. The Department said that the transaction as originally proposed would have substantially lessened competition to the detriment of consumers of mobile wireless telecommunications services in those areas, potentially resulting in higher prices, lower quality and reduced network investments. more
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UPDATE: Verizon Wireless Confirms $28 Billion Deal to Buy Alltel
(Updates with information from a Verizon presentation on the deal and update stock prices.) more
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DoJ: Motorola, Siemens, Glaxo to Pay $500,000 EPA Penalty
Motorola, Siemens and GlaxoSmithKline will collectively pay a $500,000 civil penalty for system failures that led to the release of trichloroethylene into the Scottsdale, Ariz., public drinking water system, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. more
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No Telecom Immunity in Wiretap Bill From by Dems
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. House Democrats unveiled Tuesday federal wiretapping legislation that wouldn't give immunity to telephone companies that may have cooperated with President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. more
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Siemens Pays EUR210 Million Fine for Communications Unit
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- German engineering giant Siemens, Thursday said it accepted an EUR201 million fine by the Munich District Court and reached a settlement with German tax authorities on questionable payments, ending investigations into illegal conduct and tax violations at Siemens' Communications unit. more
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Ex-Alcatel executive pleads guilty in ICE bribery case
A former executive with French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel, now Alcatel-Lucent, has pleaded guilty to charges related to a bribery scandal with Costa Rica's state power and telecom group ICE, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. more
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