In recent years, the number of mobile payments has risen rapidly. During that same timeframe, the methodology of mobile payments has shifted from being mere monetary transactions executed by means of an interconnected network environment – such as the Internet – toward highly diverse mobile...

On 4 June 2012, the European Commission adopted a draft regulation "on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market." The proposed legal framework is intended to give legal effect and mutual recognition to trust services including enhancing...

In the last decades, the nature and scope of services offered by public sector entities has changed considerably. More recently, one can also distinguish a rising awareness of the economic potential of public sector information, in turn raising demand for the availability of such information for...

In recent years, the number of mobile payments has risen rapidly. During that same timeframe, the methodology of mobile payments has shifted from being mere monetary transactions executed by means of an interconnected network environment – such as the Internet – toward highly diverse mobile...

Broadband over CATV networks is flourishing in the EU and in some Member States it even has already made significant impact on the retail broadband market. Our article aims to provide an overview of the regulatory treatment of broadband over CATV under the electronic communications regulatory...

Online media platforms have the characteristics of a particular type of market known as 'multi-sided'. These businesses create value by bringing advertisers and users together. Access to user data is critical to this process. On the basis of economic literature, the features of multi-sided...

Because of the reliance on market analysis, current competition law may not be sufficiently fit for taking account of disruptive innovation which leads to the introduction of new products or services overthrowing existing markets. In the US, innovation has been given a more prominent place in...