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CMA launches investigation into Apple & Google, days after head forced to resign

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Hameed Shuja

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Apple and Google operating systems dominate the UK’s smartphone market, leaving little room for other competitors.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched two separate investigations into the ‘mobile ecosystems’ involving Apple and Google. They are part of the CMA’s strategic market status (SMS) investigations into digital activity.

In a press release on Thursday, the regulator said the probes “will assess in parallel these

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