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.

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

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

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. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it would examine the mobile operating systems,

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile ecosystems. The probe will determine if these companies have 'strategic market status,' which could lead to regulatory changes aimed at preventing digital market abuses.

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

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

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.

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

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.