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United Kingdom: Competition and Markets Authority initiated investigation into Keysight Technologies anticipated acquisition of Spirent Communications

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Competition and Markets Authority initiated investigation into Keysight Technologies anticipated acquisition of Spirent Communications

On 4 September 2024, the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a statutory notice under section 109 of the Enterprise Act 2002 requiring Keysight Technologies to submit internal documents related to its positioning, navigatio…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: network hardware and equipment
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2024-09-04
under deliberation

On 4 September 2024, the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a statutory …

2025-01-16
in consultation

On 16 January 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation as part of it…

2025-01-30
processing consultation

On 30 January 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its consultation on the inve…

2025-04-09
in force

On 9 April 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) imposed a GBP 25'000 penalty on Keysig…