NDRC to Initiate First Antitrust Probe into State-Owned Assets of Central Government Enterprises

• Author: China Law Digest compiled news

According to the report from the featured “News 30’ ”of CNTV, the National Development and Reform Commission(RDRC) is launching an antitrust probe into China Mobile and China Unicom’s internet access pricing monopoly, which is the first antitrust probe into State-owned assets of central government enterprises since the antitrust law came into effective from 2008.

China Mobile is the largest service provider of internet access in China with revenue of 50 billion yuan in 2010, and of which service areas cover southern China. China Unicom provides services for customers in northern China...