The objective of CCI is to play an overarching role as a market regulator across all sectors with the focus on anti-competitive behaviour of enterprises that may distort competition. The success or failure of CCI will have no small significance for the Indian economy, but failure cannot be afforded India’s regulatory landscape continues to evolve […]
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The order was passed on March 27, 2014 DG submitted its report. CCI alleged inter alia non-cooperation by Google in the pending investigations. In June 2012, CUTS filed a formal complaint against Google’s unethical and anti-competitive business practices with the CCI on June 6, 2012. This was the second formal complaint against Google. Other cases
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Price fixing, bid rigging, and other cartel enforcement remain robust around the world. The European Commission (“EC”) and individual member states and others continue to engage in robust enforcement. The level of fines imposed by the EC exceeds last year’s record pace. Whereas Brazil remains Latin America’s leading antitrust enforcer and has recently adopted a
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Brief Summary. ( To read the full post click here ) What will be the impact of the Jet-Etihad alliance on the Indian aviation industry? Is there likely to be any anti-competitive fallout as a result of this merger? How are these concerns watched and evaluated by the market regulator or CCI? The situation: The
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Brief Summary. (To read the full post click here). In BELAIRE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION VS DLF LIMITED, HUDA & ORS a “relevant market” is delineated on the basis of a distinct product or service market and a distinct geographic market. These terms have been defined in section 2(r) of the Act read with subsections (s) and
Brief Summary. (To read the full post click here) Relevant market-defining it is very important while determining dominance. Market definition is an important step to establish dominance but it provides challenges for competition authorities. Agencies must cope with incomplete information even after carefully gathering whatever is available. The competition authorities require reasoned, even if not
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Brief Summary. (To read the full post click here) There is a common and historical practice of bid rigging dominant in Government tenders. License Raj has been replaced by heavy competition between private and public sector companies. However, the procurer Government departments still have one sided terms in their contracts for the private bidders to
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There are times the telecom regulator (TRAI) is reactive or inactive and other times proactive. Proactivity was on display when spectrum auctioning took centre stage and TRAI came up with its thundering pricing of spectrum last week on 11th May,2010. SPECTRUM PRICING In related recommendations, TRAI stated that existing firms will be charged market rates
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Read More: Brief Summary. ( To read the full post click here ). Over the past two decades, the Telecom sector in India has emerged as a highly competitive and lucrative sector. In the initial phase of the sector’s growth, telecom operators were seen competing for increasing their teledensities. However, with the advent of next-gen
Its been a decade since the Telecom Dispute Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT ) is in existence. Although, the telecom growth story is a huge success in terms of 10 million subscribers per month and the world staking their investments with us, have we managed to get rid of the hurdles and red tape that
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