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.

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

Playing monoply with their app stores. Britain’s competition watchdog has Apple and Google in its sights once again, launching fresh investigations into the tech giants’ mobile ecosystems under powerful new rules designed to curb digital market abuses.

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.

For Apple, the investigation will cover areas like mobile operating systems, the App Store, and mobile browsers. Google’s investigation will focus on Android, the Google Play Store, and its dominance

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.

The UK’s competition watchdog is to investigate the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Google under new digital market rules that could see pro-competition interventions placed upon them.

Almost all mobile devices sold in the UK operate on either iOS or Android, with Apple and Google holding exclusive or leading positions in their app stores and browsers.

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