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)

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 United Kingdom's competition regulator is investigating Apple and Google once again, with the CMA assessing the "strategic market status" of the two companies in mobile ecosystems.

A complaint has been raised against Apple's adoption of eSIM technology in the U.K., where the nation's biggest carrier is concerned it'll stiffle competition.

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.

It is not only in the European Union that competition authorities are taking a closer look at Apple and Google. The UK has now also launched an investigation.

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

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

The Competition and Markets Authority said it launched separate investigations to determine whether the mobile ecosystems controlled by Apple and Google should be given “strategic market status ...

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.