Sentence examples for open to rival from inspiring English sources

Mr Dell's offer for his company triggered a "go shop" period during which the board was open to rival bids.

Agency officials have raised objections to the deal on the ground that the two companies have not gone far enough in their commitment to keep Time Warner's large cable network open to rival Internet service providers after the proposed merger.

Paul Capuccio, the company's senior vice president and general counsel, said that both companies were committed to keeping their networks open to rival Internet providers because it made business sense.

For both the regulators and the companies, the most difficult issue was resolving the terms under which Time Warner's cable companies would have to be open to rival Internet providers.

However, the board is open to rival offers provided that they are "alternatives superior to the present proposal from the Fairfax consortium".

The F.C.C. is looking at complaints that AOL has failed to keep its popular Instant Messaging system open to rivals.

The Federal Communications Commission must determine whether SBC's local networks in Missouri are open to rivals and if the prices charged competitors for access to the system are reasonable.

Regional phone companies like Qwest must prove that their local phone networks are open to rivals before they can sell long-distance.

The proposal filed at the Federal Communications Commission is intended to let Bell Atlantic comply with rules that bar regional phone companies from transmitting voice and Internet calls over long distances until local markets are open to rivals.

As they have in the past, Mr. Case, chairman and chief executive of AOL, and Mr. Levin, his counterpart at Time Warner, vowed to keep their cable, broadcast and Internet systems open to rivals, and said it would be against their business interests to discriminate against other companies that rely on them.

Executives of those companies have said that they will volunteer to keep their cable systems open to rivals, but that it would be unfair for the government to impose such conditions on them without also imposing them on other cable companies, like AT&T.