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German telecommunications regulator the Bundeskartellamt has accused Vodafone Group and its partially owned towers subsidiary Vantage Towers of abusive anti-competitive conduct towards the country's fourth mobile operator 1&1.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has published its final report on Auckland Airport’s 2022 – 2027 price setting event - concluding the Airport’s forecast revenue is excessive and its targeted returns are unreasonably high, but its forecast investment falls within a reasonable range.

Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways have been granted authorisation allowing them to engage in cooperative conduct under an integrated alliance for five years, doubling the frequency of flights between Doha and major Australian airports.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched investigations to determine if Apple and Google have strategic market status (SMS) in their mobile ecosystems, including operating systems, app stores and mobile browsers.

With retailers vying for attention, competition is fierce, and significant discounts are up for grabs. Aussies keen to save should avoid impulse purchases and take the time to research multiple retailers.

The competition regulator the ACCC will continue to closely monitor domestic airfares on services between metropolitan cities following Rex’s withdrawal from this market.

Not-for-profit edtech charity Grok Academy’s five-week online programming course and interactive competition, the National Computer Science School Challenge (NCSS Challenge) is kicking off in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand on 29 July 2024.

The competition watchdog the ACCC has raised concerns that the proposed acquisition by Sigma of Chemist Warehouse could weaken competition in the supply of pharmaceutical products.

The Federal Government’s announcement that it will move to strengthen Australia’s merger laws, bringing Australia into line with most other developed economies, will benefit Australian consumers and businesses of all sizes, as well as the wider economy, according to the head of the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has received an application from Evergreen NZ Holdings seeking clearance or authorisation to acquire 100% of the shares in ACM New Zealand Limited from ACM Holdings (NZ) Limited.

Australians on broadband plans provided by non-NBN fixed-line networks should benefit from more stable pricing and greater competition between retailers, following the decision by the competition watchdog, the ACCC, to make a final wholesale access determination for the declared superfast broadband access service (SBAS).

Australia’s competition regulator, the ACCC and its Vietnamese counterpart, the Viet Nam Competition Commission (VCC), have committed to even closer collaboration in securing “strong regulatory and economic outcomes” by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

Consumer and competition issues in the supermarket sector and essential services including electricity and financial services are among the compliance and enforcement priorities for the year ahead, according to the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

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Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has welcomed the Australian Government’s in-principle agreement to new competition and consumer laws recommended by the ACCC to address harms caused by digital platforms, and the potential benefits to consumers and small businesses from the regulatory changes.

The continued expansion of Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft into emerging technologies and other markets demonstrates the critical need for regulatory reform, according to Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has joined competition, consumer protection, and economic regulators from across the Pacific to share intelligence, investigative techniques, and best practice in a newly formed initiative - the Pacific Island Network of Competition Consumer and Economic Regulators or PINCCER.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has received an application from telecommunications company One New Zealand Group seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the shares in Dense Air New Zealand from Dense Air Limited and SoftBank Corp.

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted NBN Co’s latest proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU), which includes measures designed to protect consumers from sharp price rises, reduce barriers to entry for new retailers and create incentives to fix systemic issues that drive poor NBN consumer experience.