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You are hereMicrosoftThe Google+ Antitrust Smoking GunSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2012-01-13 12:05Usually one of the hardest things to prove in an antitrust case is anti-competitive intent and motive, but Google’s new CEO Larry Page has made that much easier for antitrust authorities by unabashedly tying and leveraging Google’s search dominance with Google+ in a myriad of overt and covert ways. To learn Google's "grand plan" and what the Google+ antitrust "smoking gun" is, please read my Forbes Tech Capitalist post: The Google+ Antitrust Smoking Gun.
Seven Ways the World is Changing the InternetSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2012-01-11 16:25Since most people focus on how the Internet is changing the world, few focus on the reverse -- how much the world is changing the Internet. See My Forbes Tech Capitalist blog post to learn the "Seven Ways the World is Changing the Internet."
Google-Firefox Search Deal is Antitrust Red MeatSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2012-01-06 12:17Google’s recent ~$1b 3-year deal with Mozilla for Google to be the default search provider for hundreds of millions of Firefox browser users, which comprise over a quarter of the global browser/search market, has much broader and more serious antitrust implications for Google’s already very tenuous antitrust situation than most everyone appreciates.
Top Ten Flaws in FCC’s AT&T/T-Mobile Competition AnalysisSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-12-05 18:24The unprecedented release of a FCC draft staff analysis opposing the the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile transaction could backfire legally, undermining its intent to backstop the DOJ's pending lawsuit against the merger. See my Forbes Tech Capitalist post here on the "Top Ten Flaws in the FCC's AT&T/T-Mobile Competition Analysis."
NetCompetition Statement on Verizon/Cable-SpectrumCo TransactionSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-12-02 14:47FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2011 Contact: Scott Cleland 703-217-2407
Verizon/SpectrumCo Deal Reflects Metamorphosis of Communications Competition Broadband, Internet, & Cloud Computing Technologies Creating Omni-Modal Competition
WASHINGTON D.C. – Verizon Wireless’ purchase of 20 MHz of currently unused, near-nationwide AWS spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks for $3.6b and reselling rights spotlights the extraordinary metamorphosis of communications competition being driven by broadband, Internet and cloud computing technologies.
The following quotes may be attributed to Scott Cleland, Chairman of NetCompetition.org:
SOPA Opponents' Bogus Net Neutrality ComparisonsSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-11-28 12:06The only thing proponents of Net neutrality regulation and opponents of online piracy legislation appear to have in common is the boy-crying-wolf "censorship" rhetoric of FreePress' Save The Internet activists. See my Forbes Tech Capitalist post here, "SOPA Opponents' Bogus Net Neutrality Comparisons." The Top Ten Threats to GoogleSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2011-11-15 12:19In compiling and ranking the top threats facing Google, I was amazed at the breadth, depth, diversity and seriousness of the threats and liabilities facing Google. Please see my Forbes Tech Capitalist post here to learn the ranking of what threats to Google are most serious and why. Google Too Fast and Loose for LAPDSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2011-10-28 11:03How could Google fail to meet the security needs of the City of Los Angeles in its trophy government cloud contract? Learn why in my Forbes Tech Capitalist post here, entitled "Google Too Fast and Loose for LAPD." NYT's Uninformed War on Competition PolicySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2011-10-26 11:34The New York Times editorial "How to Fix the Wireless Market," is embarrassingly uninformed and totally ignores massive obvious evidence of vibrant American wireless competition. The NYT's conclusion, that more wireless regulation is needed because of "insufficient competition," results from cherry picking a few isolated facts that superficially support their case, while totally ignoring the overwhelming relevant evidence to the contrary. The NYT completely ignores widely-available evidence of vibrant wireless competition and substitution: Google's Playing with Antitrust Fire Courting YahooSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2011-10-24 11:26Pages |