英文原文

For Tech Sector, It's an Antitrust Year
IBM is now the target of a federal antitrust inquiry, but it's in good company in the tech sector.

Google, Intel and telecommunications providers in general have all faced antitrust-related probes in recent months. IBM's relates to its mainframe-computer business ─ rivals have complained that the company has abused its dominance of the market to limit competition.

Google's concerns its settlement with book publishers, which the Justice Department has criticized as raising antitrust, copyright and other legal issues. A U.S. district judge said yesterday that Google has until November to revise its settlement.

In May, chip maker Intel received the European Union's largest-ever antitrust fine after the regulatory group said it used its dominant position to keep PC makers from going with rival Advanced Micro Devices. Intel is appealing the ruling.

Back in the U.S., the Justice Department has given thought as to whether the exclusivity arrangements that big carriers like AT&T and Verizon ink with device makers ─ Apple's iPhone, which has an exclusive deal in the U.S. with AT&T, for example ─ unfairly limit competition with smaller players.

One company seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is Microsoft. After years of antitrust tangling and more than $2 billion in fines, the software giant may see an end to its charges by the end of the year, the EU said yesterday.

中文翻译

IBM目前成为了一桩联邦反垄断调查的对象，但这在科技行业并没有什么大不了的。

谷歌(Google)、英特尔(Intel)和电信公司最近几个月基本都面临着反垄断相关调查。IBM此次遭受反垄断调查是因为其主机业务──竞争对手投诉IBM滥用其市场主导地位限制竞争。

谷歌的问题则是其和图书出版商达成的和解协议，美国司法部(Justice Department)批评这一协议带来了反垄断、版权以及其他法律问题。一位美国联邦法官周三说，谷歌必须在11月之前修改其和解协议。

今年5月，芯片制造商英特尔接到了欧盟有史以来金额最高的反垄断罚单，欧盟监管部门此前说，英特尔利用了其市场主导地位阻止个人电脑厂商使用高级微设备公司(AMD)的产品。目前英特尔正就这一判决提出上诉。

美国司法部已经在调查美国电话电报公司(AT&T)和Verizon等主要移动运营商与手机厂商签订的独家安排协议，例如苹果(Apple)与美国电话电报公司签订的独家销售iPhone协议，是否不公平地限制了小公司的竞争。

微软(Microsoft)则看到了胜利的曙光。欧盟周三说，微软有望在年底前了结其反垄断诉讼。此前欧盟与微软的反垄断纷争持续了多年，欧盟向微软开出了20多亿美元的罚金。