The architect of landmark EU antitrust rules has called upon governments to collaborate on a common approach to curb the power of large technology corporations.

Vestager, who has handed out billions of euros in fines to Alphabet's Google and launched investigations into Apple, Amazon and Meta Platform's alleged anticompetitive behaviour, 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 said in a recent conference.

"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."

Earlier this week, the European Commission accused Apple of restricting competition by preventing mobile wallet app developers from accessing the necessary hardware and software on Apple devices. Moreover, the Commission has recently...