But Mr. Almunia also said his approach in the case was not aimed at "protecting competitors," as critics of European regulation have long complained.
"More importantly though, it is a pre-emptive strike aimed at its competitors who are soon to launch tariffs of their own once the long-overdue auction of 4G licences is completed," he added.
Last month, a "producer war" flared up among grime's international school, and dozens of people fired shots at one another in the form of brand new dubs aimed at specific competitors.
For example, bacteriocin production is aimed at eliminating competitors in the community (and can be viewed as spiteful), but it is still a cooperative trait among the individuals carrying the appropriate production and resistance genes [9].
Shade causes profound developmental changes in shade-sensitive plants aimed at outgrowing competitor plants.
Hence the government now co-ordinating the creation of a task force — that will involve Facebook and other Internet competitors — aimed at evaluating whether content flagged as inappropriate should be considered acceptable freedom of speech.
The commission said it found the merged entity would not have the ability to engage in strategies aimed at marginalising Google's competitors, mainly because of the presence of credible ad serving alternatives to which customers can switch, in particular vertically integrated companies such as Microsoft Corp ,Yahoo!
There's also a fiendishly clever and subtle dig in the "9.3 seconds" pitch, aimed at Tropicana's principal competitor, the Minute Maid brand of orange juice sold by the Coca-Cola Company.
That definitely sounds like a Facebook Page competitor aimed at the brick-and-mortar crowd.
GoDaddy is launching a Shopify competitor aimed at small business customers, TechCrunch learned and the company has confirmed.
To date, 500px has been largely known as a Flickr competitor aimed at the more professional crowd, and this community also helps fuel its ability to generate revenue.
