Vestager, who has handed out billions of euros in fines to
Alphabet's Google and launched investigations into Apple, Amazon and Meta
Platform's Facebook, said there was global agreement on the issues raised by
large digital platforms.
"This debate is no longer a hot topic amongst
competition practitioners but it has strong political attention," she told
a conference organised by the German Cartel Office. Vestager urged antitrust
watchdogs around the world to work together to tackle the issue.
"Close cooperation will be necessary because we will
not be short of work and we will not be short of novel services or practices to
look at," she said.
"It goes without saying that the more we, as an
international competition community, are able to harmonise our approach, the
less opportunity there will be for global tech giants to exploit enforcement
gaps between our jurisdictions," Vestager said.
The US antitrust enforcers and some US states are also
investigating Google, Facebook and Apple. Big Tech is also under fire in South
Korea, India and Australia.
Earlier this week, EU antitrust regulators charged Apple
with restricting rivals' access to its NFC chip technology in a move that could
result in a hefty fine for the iPhone maker and force it to open its mobile
payment system to competitors.
The European Commission said it had sent a charge sheet
known as a statement of objections to Apple, detailing how the company had
abused its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets on iOS devices.
Apple said it would continue to engage with the Commission. © Reuters
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