The legal battle that ended last year involved the bundling of a media player with Windows and the availability of information required to make rival software operate smoothly with Microsoft products.
Under the order, Verizon, which was created by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, may use the same computer equipment and sites to serve both wholesale and individual customers, with the wholesale unit required to give rivals the same access to its lines as provided to Verizon's retail unit.
Stéphane Richard, the chief executive of France Télécom, the former state monopoly, has been critical of what he describes as an unfair advantage enjoyed by Skype and similar companies over the established companies that are required to transport rivals' data without sharing in the revenue.
If Google is required to give greater play to rivals, which rivals?
But it will still have to face an undoubtedly reluctant Cablevision, which, having lost the rights to carry the Mets on its channels, may resist the financial terms required to carry a new rival network.
England's Euro 2016 qualifier in Lithuania was marred by crowd trouble, with riot police required to quell skirmishes between rival fans.
Recognizing the extent, type, and energetic interconnectivity of interactions that contribute to positioning catalytic groups has implications for enzyme evolution and may help reveal the nature and extent of interactions required to design enzymes that rival those found in biology.
[Page C4.] Court Hearings on Internet Access In a case that could alter high-speed Internet access, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether cable companies should be required to lease their lines to rivals providing Internet service.
A central issue is whether cable modem operators are more like cable companies, which are not required to open their lines to rivals, or more like telephone companies, which must. "These are open questions on which the commission has not yet ruled and presumably will rule soon," an F.C.C. official said.
Strong executive skills required to manage merger with failed rival.
