EU reportedly finally gets around to investigating Apple
A brisk two years after Swedish music streaming giant Spotify filed a complaint, the European Commission seems to have sprung into action.
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The pressure mounts on Apple over its app store policies
Fortnite developer Epic is not letting up in its crusade against the ‘Apple tax’, opening a new front in Europe with a European Commission antitrust complaint.
Most of Europe fails to enact new telecom rules
The vast majority of EU member states have failed to enact new telecoms legislation so the European Commission is taking action…
Nokia chosen to lead Europe’s 6G hive-mind initiative
Hexa-X envisages 6G as a network of networks, connecting everything with a generous dose of AI, and Nokia has been put in charge of it.
Europe dabbles with big data protectionism
The European Commission seems to think that if it improves data sharing within the bloc, that might give it a better shot at taking on US big tech.
Common sense prevails as Europe hands over review of Virgin/O2 merger to the UK
As previously rumoured, the European Commission has decided to stay out of the Virgin Media merger with O2 UK on the grounds that it’s none of its business.
The antitrust dragnet closes on Google
As the EU faces fresh calls to investigate Google for abusing its market dominance, the internet giant flexes its muscles once more by starting to charge for Google Photos.
European Commission suspects Amazon of distorting competition
E-commerce giant Amazon also acts as a conduit for other sellers and the EC reckons it may be abusing that position to favour itself.
UK asks Europe to stay out of the O2-Virgin deal
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has asked the European Commission not to get involved in the merger as it’s none of its business.
The European Commission reckons 5G is a great idea
Telcos all over the EU are celebrating after their overlords at the European Commission officially gave 5G and fibre the green light.
EU commences continent-wide contact tracing using the Apple/Google method
It looks like most European Union members have taken the sensible approach to developing contact tracing apps, which enables cross-border interoperability.
Vodafone’s CEO has a public moan
Nick Read reckons there’s not enough competition in Italy, but too much in Portugal and the Czech Republic, all countries in which Vodafone does business.
Telegram adds another antitrust complaint for Apple to ponder
Following Rakuten and Spotify, messaging service Telegram has filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding Apple’s App Store.
13 member states falling behind on supply chain evaluations: European Commission
The European Commission has released an update regarding progress to improve resiliency of 5G supply chains, finding 13 member states are failing to move at an adequate pace.
Slack legally challenges Microsoft cloud bundling strategy
Slack has filed a lawsuit with the European Commission which could offer hope to niche cloud service providers as supply chain rationalisation hovers on the horizon.
EU court invalidates EU-US Data Protection Shield due to US surveillance laws
The European Court has overruled an EC decision for the second time in two days, this time concluding that US snooping means EU data isn’t safe if transferred over there.
European Commission gets slapped down over Apple Ireland tax ruling
Four years ago the EC ruled Ireland broke the rules by letting Apple get away with paying hardly any tax. Now a European court has overturned that decision.
Europe proposes no planning permission obligations for small cells
The EC has created new market definitions for small cell equipment, also recommending the installation of these antenna should exempt from planning permission requirements.
Size means little in the app economy
Tear up the rulebook, forget about what you learnt in Economics 101 and don’t bet on the market leader; the app economy is one segment which is supercharging start-ups like few others could dream of.
Europe congratulates itself for GDPR, but more needs to be done
While some might be looking for holes to pick in Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, the rules have laid the foundations of a safer and more consumer-empowered digital economy.
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