Other noteworthy regulatory developments week ending 30 April 2021 from the Assembly Analyst team
The Austrian Government will allocate €1.4bn between 2021 and 2026 to accelerate the expansion of gigabit-capable broadband. The country has a target to achieve 100% nationwide gigabit coverage by 2030, compared to the current 43%. The Government also pledged to change the Telecommunications Act in order to create “the most investment-friendly framework conditions possible”.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) published the second interim report of its five-year inquiry into digital platforms services. The report finds that Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store have significant market power in the distribution of mobile apps in Australia. The ACCC proposes measures to allow consumers to change any pre-installed default app on their device, that app developers be allowed to provide consumers with information about alternative payment options, and that information collected by Apple and Google in their capacity as app marketplace operators be ring-fenced from their other operations.
