The Commission notes that after the opening up of telecommunication market to private players, this market has witnessed entry of a number of players competing with each other, resulting in decrease of tariffs and constant improvements in quality and variety of services. The allegations against Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited by Bharti Airtel Limited in Case […]
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Atul Dua and Anupam Sanghi analyse why the competition regulator’s order was set aside The automobile industry is prominent for a high incidence of alleged anti-competitive conduct on the part of car manufacturers and their dealers. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) recently penalized Hyundai Motor India for indulging in such behaviour through vertical agreements
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Brief Summary (To read the full post click here) Competition concerns in every market are really defined by the type of market structure and number of players. Every market has potential threats to free and fair competition. Where there is a single firm, there could be exploitation or abuse of Dominant position. And where there
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India’s 2014 2G auctions ended yesterday after just 11 days and 68 rounds of bidding. Through these auctions, the Indian government was able to raise Rs 61,162.22 crores from the sale of 353.2 MHz of spectrum, with the two circles of Delhi and Mumbai accounting for 57% of the total money raised. You can read
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The smartphone market is no stranger to legal struggles – Apple and Samsung have had legendary battles over patent disputes but this has largely been the case in US & Europe. However, the ripple effect is beginning to show in the Indian and also around Asian market with growing competition between brands. In the last
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Online Retailing – The World Wide Web market The growing e-commerce platform have impacted the way competition works and the type of competition concerns that may arise. Most brands are making their presence online. Thus, today’s trading platforms and market place involves 3 important situations: 1) Products that are available only on the internet – e.g. Some
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Market Perspective A major strategy rethink for low to mid-tier products is now in order for the world’s biggest phone maker and top seller in India, analysts say, particularly as Samsung is also losing share to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) at the higher-end. Samsung -holding Standard Essential Patents( SEPs) Samsung owns SEPs related to various mobile
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eCourt also directed DLF to file a fresh undertaking that in the event of dismissal of the appeal it will pay such amount as directed by the court. In terms of the new law, its time for Real Estate Companies to change terms of selling Flats. All Standard Agreements will be held to be One
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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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Fair Handling of The PSE Advantage in Telecom Despite economic liberalization and privatization of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs), this latter group still enjoys a dominant position in the market. Due to a lack of transparency in policy implementation and regulation, PSEs thrive based on their greater access to infrastructure and public funds as compared to
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