The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK is looking at whether the Play Store and AppStore support innovation and are pro-competition

The Competition and Markets Authority announced that it is commencing an initial strategic market status investigation pursuant to section 9(1)

CMA flexes its new Strategic Market Status muscles The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into both Apple and Google, probing the duo's control of their respective mobile ecosystems.

The United Kingdom’s competition regulator started a probe Thursday on the mobile ecosystems of both Alphabet's Google and Apple to gauge whether the tech firms’ ownership of their apps and services makes their users pick the tech giants' products over those of rivals.

The CMA intends to probe the operating systems, app stores, and web browsers of both Apple and Google to see whether they should be subject to stricter regulation.

The investigation will look for "potential exploitative conduct" by the tech companies, which dominate the mobile market.

The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Apple's and Google’s mobile platforms, just days after the government forced out its chair as part of a push to cut the regulatory burden on business.

Britain’s competition regulator launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems to assess whether they’re in breach of strict new tech laws.

British regulator the Competition and Markets Authority announced dual investigations into the companies on Thursday, with the potential to demand Apple and Google open up their ecosystems if it ...

"The CMA's work has clearly shown that the dominance of Apple and Google in app stores, operating systems and web browsers on mobiles has been bad for business. It will likely have led to consumers missing out on new innovations, having less choice, and ultimately facing higher prices.

Apple and Google dominate the mobile device market ... He left his position at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) earlier this week and will be replaced by former country manager of ...

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has said that Microsoft in particular has “significant market power” in some areas - but Microsoft has hit back saying that regulators should look to the future.