In January Apple made a proposal to address the European Commission’s preliminary conclusion that it was abusing its dominant position by reserving access to near field communication (NFC) functionality to the Apple Pay wallet for tap to pay. This prevented others from launching NFC mobile wallets on the iPhone. Today the European Commission said it made Apple’s commitments legally binding for ten years and also expanded them.
Apple had already opened up access to NFC to certain developers in the EU in January without charge. It also allows another wallet to be set as the default payment app. However, it tried to limit access to licensed payment service providers or their developers. Apple dropped that restriction alongside some additional commitments.
The Commission consulted other providers to see whether Apple’s commitments address their competition concerns.
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