The Competition And Markets Authority

Britain's competition regulator plans to make big tech companies give their rivals greater access to data and limit them from promoting their products under new powers it is due to receive from the government, it said on Thursday.

The UK competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy 'Call of Duty' developer Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft has been granted a two-month pause on its appeal against the UK's decision to block its takeover of Activision Blizzard. Both the Xbox maker and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had asked a London tribunal to grant a two-month stay as the two parties discussed a modified deal proposed by Microsoft.

Microsoft on Monday asked a London tribunal to pause its appeal against Britain's block on its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,100 crore) takeover of Activision Blizzard to give the parties more time to resolve the dispute. Britain's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in April became the first major regulator to block ...

Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday a restructured deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation, a climbdown in its opposition to the biggest gaming deal in history. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) became the first regulator to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. ...

A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Britain's competition regulator, said on Thursday it would start examining the impact of artificial intelligence on consumers, businesses, and the economy and whether new controls were needed on technologies such as OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,100 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming. The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by So...

Microsoft said on Friday it signed a 10-year deal with Nware to bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard games to the Spanish cloud-gaming platform, days after Britain blocked its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,200 crore) buyout of the Call of Duty maker. The agreement marks the latest effort by Microsoft to ease fears its purchase of Activision would hind...

Microsoft's president Brad Smith said the UK regulator's decision to prevent its acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard "had shaken confidence" in Britain as a destination for tech businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which operates independently from government, blocked the deal on Wednesday, saying it could hit ...

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover deal was blocked due to the nascent cloud market and not consoles, after the Windows operating system maker failed to address concerns about the $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,64,700 crore) deal raised by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) with regard to cloud gaming, while answering questions abo...

Big Tech is set to face a new law in the UK that is designed to rein in its power to stifle competition in digital markets. Companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon may have to offer customers an easy way to out of online subscriptions while making it easier to tackle fake reviews. Companies who breach the proposed rules could face a fine of u...

Google has made proposals to give app developers in the UK the freedom to break away from Google Play's billing system as the search giant looks to satisfy regulator concerns over in-app billing systems. The company will either let app developers offer a different payment system or give users a choice between an alternative payment system and Googl...

Germany's anti-cartel watchdog said Wednesday it had placed US computing giant Apple under closer surveillance for any possible abuse of its market position.

Apple won its appeal against the decision by Britain's antitrust regulator to launch an investigation into its mobile browser and cloud gaming services, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled on Friday. Regulator the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) opened a full investigation in November into the dominance of Apple and Alphabet's Googl...

Britain's competition regulator plans to make big tech companies give their rivals greater access to data and limit them from promoting their products under new powers it is due to receive from the government, it said on Thursday.

The UK competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy 'Call of Duty' developer Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft has been granted a two-month pause on its appeal against the UK's decision to block its takeover of Activision Blizzard. Both the Xbox maker and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had asked a London tribunal to grant a two-month stay as the two parties discussed a modified deal proposed by Microsoft.

Microsoft on Monday asked a London tribunal to pause its appeal against Britain's block on its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,100 crore) takeover of Activision Blizzard to give the parties more time to resolve the dispute. Britain's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in April became the first major regulator to block ...

Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday a restructured deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation, a climbdown in its opposition to the biggest gaming deal in history. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) became the first regulator to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. ...

A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Britain's competition regulator, said on Thursday it would start examining the impact of artificial intelligence on consumers, businesses, and the economy and whether new controls were needed on technologies such as OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,100 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming. The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by So...

Microsoft said on Friday it signed a 10-year deal with Nware to bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard games to the Spanish cloud-gaming platform, days after Britain blocked its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,200 crore) buyout of the Call of Duty maker. The agreement marks the latest effort by Microsoft to ease fears its purchase of Activision would hind...

Microsoft's president Brad Smith said the UK regulator's decision to prevent its acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard "had shaken confidence" in Britain as a destination for tech businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which operates independently from government, blocked the deal on Wednesday, saying it could hit ...

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover deal was blocked due to the nascent cloud market and not consoles, after the Windows operating system maker failed to address concerns about the $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,64,700 crore) deal raised by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) with regard to cloud gaming, while answering questions abo...

Big Tech is set to face a new law in the UK that is designed to rein in its power to stifle competition in digital markets. Companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon may have to offer customers an easy way to out of online subscriptions while making it easier to tackle fake reviews. Companies who breach the proposed rules could face a fine of u...

Google has made proposals to give app developers in the UK the freedom to break away from Google Play's billing system as the search giant looks to satisfy regulator concerns over in-app billing systems. The company will either let app developers offer a different payment system or give users a choice between an alternative payment system and Googl...

Germany's anti-cartel watchdog said Wednesday it had placed US computing giant Apple under closer surveillance for any possible abuse of its market position.

Apple won its appeal against the decision by Britain's antitrust regulator to launch an investigation into its mobile browser and cloud gaming services, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled on Friday. Regulator the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) opened a full investigation in November into the dominance of Apple and Alphabet's Googl...