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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 tother 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

Corning Gorilla Glass alleged exclusivity agreements 2025
23 July 25 Janne Kalliala

Update: The European Commission closed its abuse of dominance investigation into Corning, a major producer of protective glass for handheld electronic devices, subject to commitments addressing competition concerns over exclusive dealing obligations in Corning’s agreements with mobile phone manufacturers and companies that process raw glass.

Revision of EU antitrust enforcement framework to address risk of fragmentation due to divergent national rules
20 July 25 Miklós Kozma

The European Commission is consulting until 2 October 2025 on a wide range of procedural issues as well as on the risk of fragmentation in enforcement within the internal market that may result from the increasing adoption of divergent national antitrust rules by EU member states.

Deutsche Post, Max Ventures possible anticompetitive agreements 2025
13 July 25 Grégoire Henno

Update: The German competition authority closed its investigation into possible anticompetitive agreements between Deutsche Post and companies of the Max Ventures group that provide mail consolidation services. The decision comes after the parties cut their ownership ties and terminated certain contractual agreements.

Latest State Aid & Subsidies intelligence

State aid: European Commission consults on review of General Block Exemption Regulation
24 July 25 Janne Kalliala

The Commission seeks input until 6 October 2025 on its review of the EU General Block Exemption Regulation, which is set to expire at the end of 2026. This regulation plays an important role in the EU state aid system by allowing member states to grant aid more swiftly, without prior notification to the Commission for approval, provided the measure meets specific conditions that limit distortions of competition.

Explainer: EU General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
24 July 25 Janne Kalliala

The GBER plays an important role in the EU state aid system by allowing member states to grant aid more swiftly, without prior notification to the Commission for approval, provided the measure meets specific conditions that limit distortions of competition. This report outlines the GBER’s provisions on broadband state aid. The GBER is currently under review, and the European Commission’s initial consultation is open until 6 October 2025.

Deployment of very high capacity networks in Belgium’s Walloon region 2022 and 2024
06 June 25 Grégoire Henno

The Belgian authorities reported to the European Commission several ad hoc state aid measures totalling €54.6m in 2022, 2023 and 2024 to support the deployment of fixed very high-capacity access networks (VHCN) in underserved areas of Belgium’s Walloon region.

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For more information about our Competition services, please contact:

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