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Feds Investigate Apple’s “iAd” Mobile Advertising Policies

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June 10, 2010
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According to Financial Times – The U.S. government is once again going to investigate Apple’s alleged anti-competitive practices, this time for the new language Apple is using in section 3.3.9 of its developers agreement which appears to be directed straight at Google’s AdMob. This would be the second time that federal regulators have looked at Apple relating to mobile ads and one of many other preliminary investigations. It was just yesterday that AdMob broke its silence on the matter and went on the offensive saying that Apple is putting up “artificial barriers to competition” More >

FCC Fails To Acknowledge “Effective Competition”

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May 24, 2010
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You can think whatever you like, but when the FCC recently released its report on the state of competition in the wireless industry, it left a few choice words out. It failed to describe the industry as having “effective competition” for the first time since 2002. The report, which covers the period of 2008 and part of 2009, could signal the government is getting ready to regulate and impost policies to encourage and increase competition in the wireless industry. AT&T’s senior vice president of federal regulatory policy, Robert Quinn, said that the move toward more regulation is More >

FTC Approves of Google’s AdMob Acquisition, Noting Competition From iAd

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May 22, 2010
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Google’s attempt to buy AdMob out from under Apple was looking like a victory, as the Federal Trade Commission approval of the deal hung in the balance based on concerns that Google would control far too much of the online advertising market. It’s ironic then, that Apple’s acquisition of Quattro Wireless and the introduction of the iAd platform in iPhone OS 4 is what convinced the federal agency to allow Google to complete its acquisition. The FTC says that Apple’s entry into the market will provide significant competition to AdMob, regardless of whether or not it’s owned by Google. That More >

Consumer Broadband App by FCC

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March 14, 2010
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The FCC decided to get involved directly with our lives with its own Consumer Broadband Test app. The app is designed to probe network latencies and download speeds on your home connection or mobile device. All part of the National Broadband Plan, this will provide the FCC with useful data between advertised and real world broadband speeds. Another feature that it provides is giving users a way to directly compare network performance in particular areas. The app is currently available on the App Market and the App Store right now and the FCC is working on releasing it for other operating More >

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