competition

Competition in the communications sector is complex and fast-changing. This presents both risks and opportunities to providers, as well as challenges for public authorities.

Our competition intelligence services help organisations understand the changing face of competition. We help them grasp the commercial and policy implications of new developments, and make decisions with efficiency and confidence.

Offered on a subscription basis, the service includes alerts, reports, and a database of case summaries written in English. You can also contact our competition law experts at any time for answers to specific questions.

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antitrust & mergers

Our Antitrust & Mergers service makes it simple to follow key trends in competition law and its enforcement. Covering the telecoms, media and postal sectors, as well as the digital economy, our intelligence helps leaders:

Stay informed on developments in abuse of dominance cases, covering infringements such as excessive pricing, predatory pricing, margin squeeze, self-preferencing, and tying and bundling.
Access data on the actions taken across the EU to address potentially anti-competitive agreements, such as network co-investment and sharing, and online sales restrictions in distribution agreements.
Track merger control cases to understand the wider implications of market consolidation for competition in Europe.

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state aid & subsidies

Our State Aid & Subsidies service offers intelligence on EU rules designed to ensure that public support measures in telecoms and the digital economy do not unduly distort competition and private investment. The principal focus of the service lies in the application of state aid rules to subsidised broadband deployment and take-up measures.

Subscribe to our State Aid & Subsidies intelligence service to:

understand the allowances and limits of public funding for broadband under EU state aid rules
follow the enforcement of these rules in relation to other developments, such as unfair advantages in spectrum auctions and big tech taxation
gain insights into key EU funding initiatives in telecoms and the digital economy, such as the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
understand the implications of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR)

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Latest Antitrust & Mergers intelligence

Past and pending antitrust cases against big tech companies

21 October 26 Janne Kalliala

This report provides an overview of antitrust cases brought against the largest online platform companies – Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft – by the European Commission and national competition authorities in Europe.

Apple App Tracking Transparency framework, Poland 2026

21 October 26 Miklós Kozma

Update: Subject to binding commitments from Apple, the Polish competition authority closed its antitrust investigation into the company’s App Tracking Transparency framework on iOS and iPadOS. Under the commitments, Apple will change the way that third-party app providers can seek users’ consent to process data for personalised advertising in Poland. The commitments are substantially the same as those Apple made to the German competition authority in August 2026. The monitoring of the commitments in the two countries will also be linked.

DigitalBridge/TDAM/L&G/Belgium Tower Partners/VodafoneZiggo towers merger 2026

20 October 26 Miklós Kozma

The European Commission unconditionally cleared the €669m acquisition of VodafoneZiggo’s tower business by investment firms DigitalBridge, TD Asset Management and Legal & General, as well as its combination with the DigitalBridge-owned tower company Belgium Tower Partners “to create a new, independent tower platform across Belgium and the Netherlands”. The Commission examined the transactions under the simplified merger review procedure.

Latest State Aid & Subsidies intelligence

EU seeks consortia for AI gigafactories by November 2026

27 August 26 Janne Kalliala

An EU-level call for tenders is seeking consortia to develop up to seven AI gigafactories capable of training and running very large AI models. Up to €10bn in EU and national public funding will support the initiative.

Explainer: EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)

09 August 26 Janne Kalliala

EU member states must submit final payment requests under the €723.8bn Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) by 30 September 2026. This report explains how the RRF supports reforms and public investment across the EU through national recovery and resilience plans, which must allocate at least 37% of expenditure to the green transition and 20% to the digital transition.

Temu possible foreign subsidies (pending case)

03 August 26 Miklós Kozma

The European Commission charged Temu and its owner, PDD Holdings, with a procedural breach under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The charges relate to the company’s failure to provide requested information during unannounced inspections that the Commission carried out at Temu’s premises in Ireland in December 2025.

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get in touch

For more information about our Competition services, please contact:

Janne Kalliala phone: +39 348 69 18 879 janne.kalliala@cullen-international.com