Wednesday, March 23, 2022
« Wouldn’t it be nice to solve all such problems in one go? »
…famously said the former Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes in the long aftermath of the EU Microsoft case referring to interoperability issues caused by Big Tech. More than a decade after Kroes expressed that wish, the DMA moves exactly in this direction, with mandated interoperability for ancillary services *and* for so called horizontal interoperability of instant messaging (albeit limited to one-to-one communications with late openings with regard to group chats and calls), as it has been reported by the FT and Politico today. More could be done, and the devil will likely be in the technical details of the obligations, of course, but it’d be a promising beginning.
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EC, here . [NotebookLM's own DeepDive here , just for fun] In our Article 19 Report we discussed this and how it could eventually trans...
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Today in our Trento classroom the discussion turns to merger control. The timing is well suited, as Brussels today is holding a workshop on...
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Euractiv, here. How are they going to coordinate with the Italian proceeding? Looking forward to interim measures! Of course, also the DMA...
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In the US, here . I posed the question this morning and received an answer within 30 minutes. That was efficient, thank you!
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SOMO, here.
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BBC, 1970 [same year as the Hesse legislation] here . We were on a very promising path, what happened since?
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T. Ribera, here.

