Smoking Guns Sought on IPhones by EU’s Antitrust Raiders
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On a Tuesday in July, European Union antitrust regulators showed up in the lobby of Orange SA’s offices on the edge of Paris armed with laptops and a search warrant.
Stephane Richard, the chief executive officer of France’s largest phone company, was quickly forced to hand over his iPhone as the EU’s antitrust enforcement arm hunted for evidence that Orange was abusing its dominant position in the Internet connectivity market.