Browsing: Competition Commission

Cell C has hit back at its black economic empowerment partner CellSAf, which at the weekend threatened to take the mobile operator to court if it proceeds with a planned restructuring in terms of which

A finding by the South African antitrust regulator that more than a dozen local and international banks colluded to rig foreign-currency trades will bolster government accusations that the nation’s biggest lenders

Local competition authorities have given their thumbs up to the South African leg of a global merger between Microsoft and LinkedIn. In June, software giant Microsoft announced plans to buy professional social network LinkedIn

The Competition Commission has struck down meter taxi drivers’ bid to declare Internet app Uber as engaging in predatory pricing and anticompetitive behaviour. In May this year, eight regional taxi companies and 150 individual

Communications minister Faith Muthambi allegedly attempted to unduly influence Icasa councillor Nomvuyiso Batyi by offering her the position of chairwoman of the communications regulator in return for her giving a television

A recent supreme court of appeal decision that pitted e.tv and others against MultiChoice and the SABC on the issue of the digital migration and the specifications of set-top boxes – itself a reversal of a high court decision – is now heading to the constitutional

Communications regulator Icasa has promised that its planned investigation into South Africa’s pay-television industry will be comprehensive and that it will work with the competition authorities during the

Provisions in new laws that will see people found guilty of cartel conduct being fined up to R500 000 or imprisoned for up to 10 years came into effect on 9 June. This was revealed in a written response in parliament on Tuesday, after

Significant losses at Altech Multimedia and Powertech will contribute to a dismal set of full-year results at technology and industrial group Altron. The group cautioned shareholders on Friday afternoon that although its Altron TMT