BU Now » Quattro Wireless http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Google/AdMob deal okayed http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/21/googleadmob-deal-okayed/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/21/googleadmob-deal-okayed/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 22:11:33 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5658 Google on laptopDespite concerns that Google could extend its Internet marketing dominance into the emerging field of wireless devices, federal regulators approved the company’s $750 million purchase of its mobile advertising rival AdMob.  Law Professor Keith Hylton, an authority on antitrust law, said it looks like the right decision given rapid changes in the market such as rival Apple buying the third largest mobile ad network, Quattro Wireless.  Besides, he said, Google doesn’t seemed worried about antitrust threats from the Obama administration.

“[Google] appears to have the administration working diligently on its side on the net neutrality issue, and that is probably worth a lot more than these relatively minor antitrust issues.”

Contact Keith Hylton, 617-353-8959, knhylton@bu.edu

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