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Apple prompted to change its interoperability rules under EU gatekeeper law

By Nicholas Hirst and Tono Gil
  • 19 Sep 2024 10:45
  • 19 Sep 2024 10:44
Apple will receive formal instructions from EU tech enforcers on how it should comply with legislation requiring it to make iPhones and iPads interoperable with other companies’ devices and software. 
The European Commission today announced its first two “specification proceedings” designed to give guidance to tech gatekeepers on how to

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Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

Tono Gil

Regulatory Reporter


Tono is a competition reporter for MLex in Brussels. Prior to joining MLex, he worked as a trainee in the European Parliament and as a correspondent in Valencia and Buenos Aires for the Spanish news agency EFE. Tono holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Valencia and a master in Transmedia Journalism.

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