Here you will find all the articles with the tag: European Commission.
The European Commission (EC) authorised Orange's proposed acquisition of VOO and Brutélé, under the EU Merger Regulation. Orange's approval is based on complete compliance with a commitments package. Orange is a retail mobile and fixed telecommunications service supplier in Belgium, with its o... Read more
1 year ago
Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market, says the Commission will closely watch tech companies. The EC wants to to ensure they comply with the new rules of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Among these rules is one stipulation that companies disclose the exact number of Europ... Read more
1 year ago
The Austrian Data Protection authority has issued a decision stemming from a 2020 complaint. The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) has decided that the use of Facebook’s tracking pixel directly violates the EU's GDPR privacy law and the so-called “Schrems II” decision on transatlant... Read more
1 year ago
The pending warning from the European Commission is just the latest in Broadcom's antitrust problems. EU antitrust regulators have postponed their decision on US chipmaker Broadcom's proposed €57 billion takeover of VMware, according to Reuters. The decision, which the European Commission Comp... Read more
1 year ago
The US chipmaker is hoping to find the same legal success it had last year. Qualcomm found itself in the EU's General Court again this week as its lawyers sought to overturn a 242-million-euro EU antitrust fine levied by the European Commission Competition Authority. The legal proceedings are ta... Read more
1 year ago
Competition Commissioner Vestager says that the new virtual world environments deserve scrutiny. Last week an international group of competition regulation enforcers, academics and legislators met in Brussels to discuss the new challenges facing the "competition policy community". The conference... Read more
1 year ago
The EC competition authority is once more soliciting preparatory input from Google's rivals. The European Commission is inching closer to what could be a massive fine for Google over its advertising technology, according to POLITICO. The report says that Google may soon receive a "statement o... Read more
1 year ago
Antitrust regulators in the European Union have narrowed their case against Apple, focusing on the company's App Store rules that prevent developers from informing users of other purchasing options. At the same time, they have dropped another charge related to in-app payments. The European Commi... Read more
1 year ago
The European Commission wants to do a study who needs to pay for the 5G networks in Europe. Is that for the telco's or should de big tech players pay for their "fair share". Big question will be, what is "fair"? This week, Meta and other US tech platforms howled in protest over the European Comm... Read more
1 year ago
The move comes as part of a broader trend of increased scrutiny over tech mergers and acquisitions, signaling that regulators are taking a closer look at the implications of these deals. The European Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission have expressed concerns about privacy issues and mar... Read more
1 year ago
