Category: Interoperability

The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) has been undertaking a long-running sector study of the German messenger (and video services) market, and today has published its final report. I wanted to add a few comments to elements of the report, because without a close reading of the DMA’s provisions it is easy to draw incorrect assumptions about implications of the BKA’s conclusions.

Here are the provisions of the EU’s Digital Markets Act relating to interoperability obligations for large “gatekeeper” firms, from the final text!

Key points on how the almost-final interoperability obligation in the EU Digital Markets Act interacts with end-to-end encrypted services.

My comments on a new report from Commons Network and Open Future, which looks at the broader implications and possibilities of interoperability in “platformised” societies.

Comments on a European Commission compromise proposal on messaging interoperability from the Digital Markets Act trilogue negotiations.