Increasing state control over its energy resources is a natural process, one that needs to avoid creating monopolistic positions in the market.

Thereafter, the organisation held a monopolistic position in Austrian politics with both civilian and military divisions.

In several Member States, this situation has been brought about by the monopolistic position of those power plants that use fossil fuels.

During the first 4 years of operation Telsim abused its monopolistic position, building a poor reputation for the brand.

But analysts have long suspected the company of dragging its feet in an attempt to protect its monopolistic position.

ZON is the sole cable provider in many areas of the country, which leads to its monopolistic position.

All those cases show "a monopolist engaging in exclusionary conduct designed to enhance its monopolistic position," one lawyer said.

There is still no competitive environment, and the incumbents largely retain their monopolistic position with respect to the unbundled operations in the energy chain.

They have a particular interest in keeping practitioners of alternative therapies at bay, if they are to maintain their monopolistic position in the health system.

In the 1980s the first cracks emerged in PRI's monopolistic position.

Although ultimately Bunzl was found to have held but not abused a monopolistic position, the company determined to diversify its products to revive profit growth.

There were also concerns that it abused its monopolistic position as the sole awarding body for UK gas installers.

By 1990, Novell had an almost monopolistic position in NOS for any business requiring a network.

There were a number of negative reactions and accusations of a potentially monopolistic position the purchase would mean for EPH.

Is the Commission aware that Microsoft is exploiting its monopolistic position in the computer software market to the detriment of European suppliers and users?

However OTE was accused of abusing its monopolistic position and not fulfilling its obligations stipulated by the contract.

GLP is a vertically integrated government-owned utility with a monopolistic position on transmission and distribution, and a major stake (55%) in generation.

The traders and their political agents, the aldermen, called upon their liege, Philip the Fair, to maintain their dominant monopolistic position.

For example, companies enjoying a strong monopolistic position may well have decided not to exploit it anywhere near fully and efficiently for fear of attracting undue public interest.

AT&T had also acquired many of the independents, and bought control of Western Union, giving it a monopolistic position in both telephone and telegraph communication.

According to Savenko, the Serbsky Center has long labored to legalize its monopolistic position of the Main expert institution of the country.

Armentel's monopolistic position resulted in a long-lasting series of arbitrage with regards to the compliance of its obligations to actual investments completed by Armentel.

Under the terrific pressure generated by their need to meet the costs of their fixed capital, companies swallowed one another in the hope of eventually achieving a monopolistic position.

The railway from Sydney to the Blue Mountains enjoyed a monopolistic position in the early 1920s as much of the road from Parramatta onwards was unsealed.

While the term "OS" stood for Operating System, the term "react" referred to the group's dissatisfaction with-and reaction to-Microsoft's monopolistic position.

However, giving one company a monopoly position is not right.

Now he's running a company that has a monopoly position in the cities where they operate.

Like all control systems it depends on maintaining a monopoly position.

It should, in itself, not always be problematic for a company to adopt a monopoly position.

No one is compelled to use this companies services (they are hardly in a monopoly position).

"They haven't done anything to leverage their monopoly position on the desktop."

The agencies pleaded no contest and were forced to release their monopoly position.

The issue is whether the company uses that power to enhance and expand its monopoly position."

Those suppliers of heavy materials and goods will easily survive, because they have a monopoly position.

A de facto telephone monopoly position was reached around 1920, and never needed legal sanction.

Air Canada, still benefiting from its former monopoly position, is financially the stronger of the two.

Let's admit the obvious: Microsoft has what amounts to a monopoly position in the operating system market.

Oracle isn't in a monopoly position, they're under no legal obligation to write software for the platform if they don't want to.

They hold monopoly positions in every city, with the notable exception of Bogotá.

Landsvirkjun had a monopoly position on investment in generation.

Once the market forms, the new holding companies may use their monopoly positions to exact predatory profits.

Microsoft's unfair conduct, he said, was taken to defend its monopoly position from the challenge of Internet software.

By the time you get the drug to market, you oftentimes have a monopoly position."

Because of its monopoly position, Microsoft's products and conduct overhang the market."

So unless it is to be naive, Europe must respond to this kind of competition, but without creating new monopoly positions.

Initially, upon deregulation, Highland continued to enjoy the monopoly position across much of its operating area.

Once they hit a winner, they use their monopoly position to charge sky-high prices.

Some companies exploited their monopoly position to gouge customers.

Though applications do not create as powerful a monopoly position, the leader in any category still enjoys outsized growth.

But under antitrust law, companies with a monopoly position in a market are not supposed to abuse their power by chilling potential competition or innovation.