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 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)

     

Latest Antitrust & Mergers intelligence

Bol possible abuses of dominance (pending case)
09 August 26 Miklós Kozma

Update: The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets is consulting until 13 September 2026 on its draft decision to accept commitments proposed by e-commerce company Bol, which operates the largest online marketplace in the Netherlands. The proposed commitments address competition concerns over possible self-preferencing and the use of third-party seller data, as well as other regulatory issues regarding the accessibility, user-friendliness and transparency of the platform.

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery merger, UK 2026
09 August 26 Janne Kalliala

Update: Following a phase I merger review, the UK Competition and Markets Authority unconditionally cleared on competition grounds Paramount Skydance's proposed $110bn acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In parallel, the UK government decided not to intervene on media pluralism grounds after receiving binding undertakings from Paramount.

IPZS/PagoPA public digital infrastructure and services merger 2026
06 August 26 Janne Kalliala

The Italian competition authority unconditionally cleared the proposed acquisition of sole control over PagoPA by IPZS, two state-owned companies operating public digital infrastructure and services. The transaction also includes Poste Italiane acquiring the remaining 49% minority stake in PagoPA.

Latest State Aid & Subsidies intelligence

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.

JD.com/Ceconomy foreign subsidies (pending case)
24 July 26 Janne Kalliala

Update: The European Commission sent a statement of grounds to China-based e-commerce group JD.com, setting out its objections to the company’s proposed acquisition of Germany-based consumer electronics retailer Ceconomy. The Commission has until 2 October 2026 to decide on the case.

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