Amazon is suing the EU over multiple antitrust investigations
Amazon is suing the EU's antitrust regulators for allowing Italy's competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the US-based online retail behemoth. The Italian case concerns the way Amazon selects its sellers. Now, the company is arguing that this investigation should be included in the EU'...
81,000 UK-owned .eu domains suspended due to Brexit
The UK has lost its right to host .eu addresses, leaving British domain owners adrift.
Tens of thousands of British website owners are starting 2021 with an unpleasant surprise. Eurid, the registry manager of European domain brands, has suspended the .eu domain names registered by UK citizens d...
EU gives green light to Covage acquisition by SFR FTTH
Altice, Allianz, Omers allowed to proceed, subject to conditions.
The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Covage by SFR FTTH. The purchasing entity is a company jointly controlled by Altice, Allianz and Omers. The acquisition comes under the EU Merger Regulation.
The ...
EC to intervene in patent dispute between tech and carmakers
Carmakers claim it's a case of antitrust rather than just a contract dispute.
The European Commission (EC) has told Reuters that they plan to intervene in the patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers that has been dragging on for over a year. They may also establish a system to determ...
GAIA-X, Europe’s Cloud computing project, must step up quickly
Europe's attempt to wrest its Cloud fate from US and Chinese providers faces a challenge.
GAIA-X is Europe's attempt to reclaim its sovereignty in Cloud-computing from tech giants from outside the continent. If the project is to succeed, however, it will need to prove that it is worthwhile in th...
Amazon charged for anti-competitive action
The EU has charged Amazon for thwarting competition in the online shopping market. The company is said to have an unfair advantage over third parties selling through Amazon when selling its own products through its platform.
According to the European Commission, Amazon uses the data and statisti...
EC competition commissioner doesn’t see need to break up tech giants
Such a move could only ever happen in an "extreme case," she says.
Europe’s antitrust chief believes that breaking up tech giants such as Google and Facebook will not be necessary.
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she would propose new powers for enforcers to tackle...
‘Regulation for tech giants will cost EU 85 billion euros’
A study carried out by the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) shows that stricter legislation for large tech companies may cost the European economy tens of billions of euros.
The study, which is sponsored by Google, examines the consequences of the Digital Services Act....
European Commission opens bidding for the .eu Registry
The EC has issued a call for tenders for .eu, one of the largest country-specific Top Level Domains in the world
The EC’s Directorate General for Communication Networks, Content and Technologies last week announced the tender process for a five-year contract to oversee its 3.6 million domain n...
EU has a “hit list” of tech firms that will face tougher rules
The list is highly US-centric and is certain to include the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon.
The European Union is once more taking aim at Big Tech in their efforts to rein in the power of giant technology companies. On Monday, sources told the Financial Times that the latest battle will be ag...
Google grows EU market share despite their anti-trust “remedy”
The remedial measures Google adopted have failed to achieve their stated purpose, according to the latest study.
Since 2010 Google has been under the gun in the EU for various anticompetitive practices. In 2017, the European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for the offen...
The EU’s new Digital Services Act takes aim at Big Tech
The EU continues to take the fight to the tech giants, deploying a new array of legal powers contained in the block's updated Digital Services Act.
Thierry Breton, the EU's bad boy of technology oversight, is at it again. As the EC's Commissioner of Internal Market, Breton is responsible for "th...