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The UK closed its long-standing investigations into Apple and Google’s “mobile app ecosystems,” without any action. In 2021, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into the terms and conditions of Apple’s app store on its iOS and iPad devices. A year later, they launched an inquiry into Google’s distribution of apps on its Android devices and Play Store rules. In both cases, the CMA said it was worried the terms and conditions limited choices for developers leading to “higher prices and reduced choice” for users. But the closure is just for now since how app...
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France's Bouygues Telecom has moved one step closer to gaining full ownership of La Poste Group after national competition officials approved the deal. La Poste Group, which runs France's mail service but also has a telecommunications service, already owns 51% of La Poste Telecom. The other 49% is under the control of French rival network operator SFR. "The Authority has ruled out any risk of harm to competition linked to the transaction on the markets concerned," competition officials said in a statement on Monday. Due to La Poste Telecom's "limited market share", they noted that there would ...
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating a relationship between Google’s parent company Alphabet and the AI firm Anthropic to see if it has reduced competition. The CMA will identify whether a partnership between the two firms is a “relevant merger situation” and that it might result in a “substantial lessening of competition” in the UK’s burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) industry. Google agreed to invest up to $2 billion (€1.85 billion) last October, multiple media outlets said, on top of a reported 10 per cent stake that they have in the company. Amazon to inve...
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Apple is breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) with its App Store rules, the European Commission said in preliminary findings sent to the company on Monday. According to the EU executive, the tech giant prevents app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for content. Under the DMA – the EU competition rules that took effect in March of this year – developers distributing their apps via Apple's App Store should be able, free of charge, to inform their customers of alternative cheaper purchasing possibilities, steer them to those offers and allow them to make pu...
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