UK investigating Google and Apple’s mobile ecosystems

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and Apple’s mobile ecosystems

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and Apple are having a bad day. The tech giants are facing a new investigation into their mobile ecosystems from the ***’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and growing pressure to adopt a new app store initiative in India.

Let’s start with the probe, which comes one day after the CMA named a former

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executive as its interim chair. The CMA is investigating whether Apple and

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’s mobile ecosystems should have Strategic Market Status (SMS) and thus can be subjected to greater regulation and pro-competition directives. However, they’re not fully clear what aspects exactly are being investigated. This new designation stems from the

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, which went into effect on January 1.

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is also the subject of the first SMS investigation, launched earlier this month and focusing on possible antitrust practices around the company’s search services.

The CMA’s SMS investigations can last up to nine months, with both cases currently accepting comments on the investigation and possible interventions. The regulator is

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around the joint

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and Apple probe through February 12.

Now to Apple and

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’s other headache. In India, the technology ministry is pushing Apple and

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to offer the state-backed GOV.in app store in their marketplaces,

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. The Indian government also wants the suite of apps to be pre-installed on all mobile devices, available for third-party downloads and not labelled with warnings such as “untrusted source.” It is billing the push as a means for further distributing public-******** services. These apps are currently available on Apple and

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’s app stores, but as separate entities.

The initial request reportedly came in a meeting last month but, as it stands,

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and Apple are unlikely to say yes. The Indian government is reportedly discussing using mandates or taking legal steps to force compliance. In 2021, Apple began offering a similar option for Russian users due to regulations.

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