The third annual UK Digital Markets Competition Regulation Forum by Thought Leaders 4 Competition, held on 23 September 2025, provided a comprehensive assessment of the UK’s first year under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA). With the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit having completed its initial SMS investigations into Google and Apple, the conference […]
Google and Apple mobile platforms SMS consultation results: A comprehensive analysis
The simultaneous investigations undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into Apple and Google’s mobile platforms represent a significant step undertaken in the Digital markets Consumer and Competition Act (DMCCA) era. While both companies face proposed Strategic Market Status (SMS) designation, their fundamentally different business models and competitive strategies have produced distinct regulatory challenges […]
Google SMS Designation responses – A comprehensive analysis
by Anush Ganesh 27 Stakeholders Responded to the Google’s proposed SMS designation decision The Competition and Markets Authority’s consultation on designating Google Search with Strategic Market Status has concluded with one of the first stakeholder responses in the UK’s DMCCA chapter. Twenty-seven organizations ranging from Google itself to independent publishers, airlines to academic institutions have […]
The DMCCA in Action
The United Kingdom’s approach to digital market regulation has undergone a significant transformation in 2025. What began as legislative theory in May 2024 with the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) receiving Royal Assent has evolved into a sophisticated regulatory framework delivering tangible results. As we reach 20 August 2025, the close of consultation […]
SCiDA’s Digital Regulation Review of 2024
2024 is coming to an end and what a year for Shaping Competition in the Digital Age! The DMA picked up steam with record pace, we have a new EU Commissioner for competition and a new law in the UK (DMCCA) – to name only a few developments of a packed year. 2024 has proven […]
Breaking the Summer Break – Digital platform developments you might have missed and should look out for in the second half of 2024
After a thunderstorm of DMA enforcement actions in the first half of 2024, climaxing with the latest preliminary findings send to Apple and Meta mid-June and early July, things seemed to have become a bit quieter around the Commission and its gatekeepers during the summer weeks. But silence can be deceptive – find out here […]
SCiDA Podcast – Towards the ECN DMA – Mozilla, the Internet Economy Foundation and Vanessa Turner (BEUC) on the present and future of the DMA
Interview with Kush Amlani – Mozilla This episode we interview Kush Amlani, Global Competition & Regulatory Counsel at Mozilla. Mozilla is a non-profit backed technology organisation, known for the flagship Firefox browser. Mozilla is also recognised for its advocacy campaigns that champion privacy, human dignity, and an open internet. LISTEN HERE: SCiDA Podcast #4 – Kush […]
The DMCCA is here! Insights from Lord Timothy Clement-Jones
The Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Act has passed Royal Assent on the 24th of May 2024. It has been a long way here since the revolutionary 2016 Furman Report, and the work for the CMA´s Digital Markets Unit now begins (and they are not sitting still, looking at the draft guidance that was issued […]