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UK’s competition regulator assessing if Apple has too much overall power in mobile

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.

UK Houses of Parliament – Image Credit: David Zherdenovsky/Pexels

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching an investigation into the mobile business, once again taking on the dominance of Apple and Google in the smartphone market. As it flexes its new powers to investigate big tech companies like Apple, it’s taking on the two companies responsible for the two biggest mobile operating systems.

According to Statcounter, iOS has 47.7% of the mobile operating system market share in the UK as of December 2024. Android is reported at 51.9%.

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