An independent inquiry report has told the UK’s competition watchdog to consider investigating AWS and Microsoft’s cloud services.

The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK is looking at whether the Play Store and AppStore support innovation and are pro-competition

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

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.

The CMA intends to probe the operating systems, app stores, and web browsers of both Apple and Google to see whether they should be subject to stricter regulation.

The investigation will look for "potential exploitative conduct" by the tech companies, which dominate the mobile market.

The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Apple's and Google’s mobile platforms, just days after the government forced out its chair as part of a push to cut the regulatory burden on business.

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 Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched investigations to determine if Apple and Google have strategic market status (SMS) in their mobile ecosystems, including operating systems,

"The CMA's work has clearly shown that the dominance of Apple and Google in app stores, operating systems and web browsers on mobiles has been bad for business. It will likely have led to consumers missing out on new innovations, having less choice, and ultimately facing higher prices.

Smartphone giants such as Apple could use eSIMs to expand their market power, warn British mobile operators – and turn to regulators.

UK regulator files report on health of local sector, says technical barriers and Redmond's licensing practices hurting smaller rivals + customers The UK's market regulator says "competition is not working as well as it could" in the local cloud services sector,