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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

Prosus (Naspers)/Just Eat Takeaway merger 2025
14 August 25 Grégoire Henno

Update: The European Commission conditionally approved the €4.1bn acquisition of online food delivery company Just Eat Takeaway by investment group Prosus after an initial phase I merger review. To secure clearance in phase I, Prosus undertook to significantly reduce its shareholding in, and influence over, rival food delivery company Delivery Hero.

Meta AI possible tying abuse (pending case)
10 August 25 Miklós Kozma

The Italian competition authority launched an antitrust investigation against Meta over the integration of Meta AI, the company’s AI chatbot, in WhatsApp. The investigation will examine if the conduct could amount to an abuse of dominance in the form of tying.

Proximus, Orange fibre roll-out cooperation in Wallonia (pending case)
07 August 25 Grégoire Henno

The Belgian competition authority opened an antitrust investigation into the planned fibre network cooperation between Proximus and Orange in the Walloon region. The planned cooperation aims to expand the roll-out of, and access to, gigabit networks in less densely populated areas as well as to increase the use of existing gigabit networks.

Latest State Aid & Subsidies intelligence

Deployment of very high capacity networks in Denmark 2025
04 August 25 Grégoire Henno

The Danish authorities reported to the European Commission a DKK 50m (€6.70m) measure to support the deployment of very high capacity fixed broadband networks in underserved areas.

Foreign Subsidies Regulation: European Commission consults on draft guidelines
03 August 25 Janne Kalliala

The consultation runs until 12 September 2025, and the Commission aims to issue the final document by January 2026.

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.

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26 September 25 Brussels, Belgium Competition Law in the telecoms sector
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get in touch

For more information about our Competition services, please contact:

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