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AT&T agrees to divestitures in Dobson Communications acquisition
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- USA
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- November 22 2007
The DOJ has announced that it reached a settlement with AT&T that will require the communications company to divest assets in seven rural markets in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas, as a condition to its planned US$2.8 billion acquisition of Dobson Communications
Qualcomm investigated for abuse of dominance
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- USA
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- November 22 2007
The Commission has opened a formal investigation against Qualcomm Inc., a US-based chipset manufacturer, for abuse of dominance following a complaint by Ericsson, Nokia, Texas Instruments, Broadcom, NEC and Panasonic
Supreme Court accepts cert over telecommunications competition case
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- USA
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- January 3 2011
The Supreme Court has agreed to resolve a circuit split caused by the Sixth Circuit's decision in Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Covad Comms. Co., No. 07-2469.pdf (consolidated with Isiogu v. Michigan Bell (10-329) for Supreme Court review
Overturning the Sixth Circuit, the Supreme Court rules that telephone companies must provide access to their competitors at cost
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- USA
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- June 9 2011
In Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split, holding that state utility commissions can require established telephone companies to provide smaller competitors access to their network at cost
Will the Supreme Court side with the Sixth Circuit and against the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Circuits on telecommunications monopoly question?
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- USA
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- March 30 2011
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument today in the case of Talk America, Inc v Michigan Bell Telephone Co. to address, in plain terms, "Whether state utility commissions may require major telephone companies (like AT&T and Verizon) to provide smaller competitors access to certain parts of their network facilities at cost instead of at market rates."
Sixth Circuit denies Kentucky commission's attempts to regulate AT&T
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- USA
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- January 27 2012
On Tuesday, the Sixth Circuit upheld a district court decision which found that the Kentucky Public Service Commission (“Commission”) had wrongly interpreted two federal regulations and was preempted from bringing state law claims against AT&T Kentucky
Antitrust lawsuit over iPhone moves forward
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- USA
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- October 30 2008
A federal district court judge sitting in the Northern District of California has denied the motions by Apple, Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit over the companies’ agreement to make AT&T the exclusive service provider for the popular iPhone device
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