EU rejects Cisco challenge to Microsoft's Skype acquisition

Danny Palmer
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The merger does not restrict competition either on the consumer video communications market or on the business video communications market, say judges

The European General Court, the second most powerful court within the EU, has upheld Microsoft's $8.5bn (£5.3bn) acquisition of Skype, despite an appear against it by Cisco Systems. The world's ...

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