State of Competition

May 3, 2013 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

È˜tirea anului in audiovizual – Orange Romania va intra pe piata retransmisiei de programe audiovizuale

Orange Romania a cerut CNA aprobarea sa retransmita programe de televiziune prin satelit - Media & Publicitate - HotNews.ro.Aceasta va reprezenta una din cele mai importante miscari in piata retransmisiei de programe audio-TV din ultimii 5 ani, de cand Romtelecom a intrat puternic pe aceasta...

February 16, 2013 In Energy By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The renewable energy – to aid or not to aid ?

The renewable energy is clean and available in large quantities, so there is no surprise that it became so fashionable in the recent years, almost everywhere in the world. Even if the source of energy is, often, completely free (basically, the Sun), the costs for...

February 2, 2013 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Google proposes settlements to the European Commission but a second complaint reaches the Commission

Google proposes settlement in European antitrust caseIn the same time with the settlements proposed by Google - which details are not currently available so far but they could be similar to the proposals submitted to the Federal Trade Commission - a fresh complaint arrives on...

January 11, 2013 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Samsung and Google face to face with the European Commission – but what a difference !

With the below statement of objections, from the European Commission, it looks like Samsung, in its total war with Apple, risk shooting itself in the foot. As I mentioned on this blog in other occasions, the battleground for competitors in the high-tech (and patent protected)...

September 14, 2012 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Smartphones, mobile networks and competition

The author's point in this aticle - http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-iphone-wireless-subsidies-20120912,0,7775846.story - is mostly correct. I would add that subsidizing handsets works in a similar way with taxation - a few benefit but everybody pays. The subsidies of the mobile phone companies are eventually costs, "shared" by all the subscribers of that...

August 26, 2012 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Apple vs.Samsung – something good about!

The recent ruling of the jury in Northern District of California in favor of Apple is still a very hot issue and is still sending hit waves around the world. The ruling comes after one of the most important legal battles between the two giants...

July 21, 2012 In Cases and Decisions, Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Microsoft did it again ?

From the old times we know that errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum. This means, in legal terms, that the recidivism will increase the charges of the infringer.Let's remember some facts.On 27 June 2012, the software giant received a blow from the General Court, which...