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.

state aid & subsidies

Our State Aid & Subsidies service offers intelligence on subsidised telecoms projects across Europe. This includes a database of case summaries, as well as reports on EU state aid rules and how they apply to different projects.

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 state aid rules against tax benefits granted to large digital companies, such as Amazon and Apple.

Latest Antitrust & Mergers intelligence

Vodafone CZ/SAZKAmobil merger 2024
13 March 24 Miklós Kozma

Following an initial phase I merger review, the Czech competition authority unconditionally cleared Vodafone CZ’s acquisition of SAZKAmobil, a mobile virtual network operator.

e&/PPF Telecom Group merger 2024
12 March 24 Miklós Kozma

Update: The Bulgarian competition authority unconditionally cleared the proposed acquisition of a controlling majority stake in PPF Telecom Group by Emirates Telecommunication Group Company (e&). The transaction was also notified to the Hungarian and Slovak competition authorities, which cleared it already in 2023.

Norlys/Telia Denmark merger 2024
07 March 24 Miklós Kozma

Update: The Danish competition authority conditionally cleared the acquisition of Telia’s Danish operations by energy and telecoms company Norlys. To secure clearance, Norlys undertook to offer wholesale access to its entire fibre network on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

Latest State Aid & Subsidies intelligence

Italian regulator approves new wholesale services and conditions of Open Fiber
07 March 24 Alessandro Mauro

AGCOM approved prices and conditions for Open Fiber’s new wholesale access offers in white and grey areas.

Deployment of very high-speed fixed broadband networks in Latvia 2024
21 February 24 Janne Kalliala

The Latvian authorities reported to the European Commission a €16.5m state aid scheme to support the deployment of fixed very high-speed broadband connections of at least 300 Mbps (download) in underserved areas of the country. The scheme falls under the EU General Block Exemption Regulation.

Deployment of 1 Gbps broadband networks in Portugal 2023
12 February 24 Carmen Mateas

Detailed summary available: After the European Commission published its full state aid decision on the €172m Portuguese scheme to support the deployment of high-performing broadband networks that offer down-/upload speeds of at least 1 Gbps/150 Mbps in underserved areas of the country, the State Aid Database now features a detailed case summary.

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