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• Taxi industry at war with mobile app developers over cab booking

  An independent taxi app maker has rejected claims by the taxi industry that its mobile app is not safe and should be banned.

• Amaysim CEO says 4G no ‘slam dunk’

  Amaysim is testing 4G services but is not certain customer demand exists for the faster wireless network technology, according to Amaysim CEO Rolf Hansen.

• Telstra fires back at Vodafone on state of competition

  Competition has driven Telstra’s network build, the top Australian telco said in response to claims from Vodafone Hutchison Australia's CEO, Bill Morrow, that effective competition does not exist.

• Vodafone CEO urges regulators to rein in Telstra

  The NBN is not enough to level telecom competition in Australia, according to Vodafone Hutchison Australia CEO Bill Morrow. At an American Chamber of Commerce event today in Sydney, he called on government to support policies that scale back Telstra’s “regulatory favour.”

• Rules of Engagement

  Shell's Ecosystem Guiding Principles mandate how its 11 core vendors should treat Shell and each other. To mitigate competition between suppliers-on Shell territory, at least-CIO Alan Matula has banned most salesmen from his offices and demands Shell and vendor staff respect the culture and heritage of each other's companies.

• Google threatened by Apple’s Siri

  The voice-activated search assistant, Siri, on Apple’s iPhone 4S has made Google concerned about its competition in the market.

• ACCC on warpath for anticompetitive conduct

  The ACCC plans to actively pursue cases of unconscionable conduct and misuse of market power, possibly using untapped aspects of consumer protection law, chairman Rod Sims said

• Court refuses injunction on Metcash-Franklins deal

  Regulator ACCC has failed in its play for a court injunction on wholesale distributor Metcash (ASX:MTS) acquiring the Franklins supermarket chain

• Aussie students offered chance to show off IBM mainframe skills

  IBM is once again offering budding Australian programmers, who have a hankering to work with mainframes and are aged 18 years or older, the chance to tinker with IBM System z mainframe servers.
  

• Global recession fears to put pressure on NBN: Turnbull

  Unstable global financial markets will put more pressure on the government to cut the cost of delivering its National Broadband Network (NBN), according to opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull.

• Jumbo ready for competition in NSW: CEO

  Jumbo Interactive's (ASX:JIN) CEO is not fazed by the prospect of Tatts opening a rival online lotteries site in NSW, as the two companies have been competing in Victoria for years

• Telecom NZ taken to court over anti-competition allegations

  Telecom New Zealand (ASX:TEL) faces penalty payments in the millions if legal proceedings brought by the Commerce Commission that allege that the company has favoured its own retail business at the expense of other telcos are successful.

• Telstra shops granted collective bargaining authorisation

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has allowed TLS Association (TLSA) to collectively bargain with suppliers on behalf of Telstra licensed shops for five years.

• Germany likely to block BHP-RIO JV

  Germany's competition regulator has advised it is likely to block the proposed iron ore JV between BHP and Rio Tinto in WA

• RP Data reveals ACCC probe into acquisition plans

  The acquisition of ValEx and the valuation software unit of Sandstone Technology is being probed