British CMA opens investigations into Apple, Google mobile ecosystems
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority announced investigations into Apple and Google on Thursday to examine if their mobile ecosystems are breaking the country's competition rules.
CMA opens investigations into Apple and Google over mobile practices
The DMCC probes that the CMA announced today have two main goals. The first is to determine if Apple and Google have strategic market status in the mobile market. According to the CMA, the second goal is to identify whether the companies engage in business practices that harm the competition.
CMA to probe Google, Apple mobile ecosystems
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched strategic market status (SMS) investigations in a second area of digital activity: mobile ecosys
Apple and Google app stores come under CMA scrutiny
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CMA tightens screw on Apple, Google with mobile probe
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority opened separate investigations into Apple and Google to assess both companies' mobile ecosystems, taking aim at OSes, app stores and browsers.
The UK’s CMA is Investigating Apple and Google’s Mobile Platforms
The UK’s CMA is launching a new investigation into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems to determine if the two companies achieved a “strategic market status” that’s negatively impacting UK consumers and businesses.
After Search, the CMA is now coming for Google's mobile ecosystem dominance
This new probe, under the DMCC Act 2024, follows an earlier investigation into Google's search and advertising dominance, marking the second of three planned digital market investigations. If Google is found to have "strategic market status" in mobile,
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