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

KEY TAKEAWAYS The U.K.’s competition regulator started a probe Thursday on the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Alphabet's Google.The probe is gauging whether the tech firms’ ownership of their apps and services makes their users pick their products over those of rivals.

Britain launched an investigation into Apple and Google's smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers on Thursday, its second use of recently bulked u

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. were hit with UK antitrust investigations over concerns their dominance in mobile services is distorting the market and putting up barriers to entry for competitors.

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.

The UK government today announced that the Competition and Markets Authority has launched strategic market status investigations into mobile

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating further action against mobile giants Apple and

The U.K.'s CMA is launching so-called "strategic market status" (SMS) investigations into the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Google.

Google's Android and Apple's iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain's competition watchdog, which unveiled investigations targeting the two tech giants' mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to crack down on digital market abuses.

The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority today launched investigations into Apple and Google's dominance in the iOS and Android ecosystems, respectively

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.

UK regulators on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google's smartphone ecosystems to assess whether they have