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Articles tagged with: Justice Department
Antitrust Elevated in Obama Era
The Justice Department is looking into whether large phone companies such as AT&T and Verizon Communications are abusing their market power to compete unfairly against smaller rivals by locking up exclusive deals to provide service to popular handsets such as Apple's iPhone. more
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Sprint, Clearwire Ask FCC to Reject Proposed Merger Provisos
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel and Clearwire intend to go head to head against the country's largest wireless Internet networks if their merger is approved, but that ability could be hampered if regulators call for new conditions, the companies told the Federal Communications Commission late Monday. more
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Verizon Wireless To Divest in 85 Markets for Alltel Merger
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Verizon Wireless is offering to divest airwaves in 85 markets as a part of talks with the Justice Department over a pending merger with Alltel. more
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FCC To Take Up Verizon, Rural Merger at Aug. 1 Meeting
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Communications Commission will consider at its Aug. 1 meeting a pending merger between Verizon Communications and Rural Cellular, which does business as Unicel. 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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AT&T Agrees to Asset Sales for DOJ OK on Dobson Deal
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- AT&T agreed Tuesday to U.S. Justice Department antitrust authorities' requirements that the company sell assets in seven markets in order to win approval for its acquisition of Dobson Communications, an AT&T spokeswoman said. more
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Bush Administration Seeks Power To Grant Immunity To Telcom Companies
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Former Alcatel executive indicted on bribery charges
A US federal grand jury has indicted a former executive of French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel for allegedly paying US$2.5mn in bribes to a board member of Costa Rica's state power and telecom group ICE to win a mobile telephony infrastructure contract, the US justice department said in a statement. more
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Cingular 3Q Profit More Than Triples To $847 Million
ATLANTA (AP)--Cingular Wireless said Thursday it more than tripled its third-quarter profits. more
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DOJ Approves AT&T-BellSouth Merger
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The US Justice Department on Wednesday approved AT&T's US$67 billion purchase of BellSouth without any conditions after determining the giant merger isn't likely to impact competition in the telecommunications industries. more
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