The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said its experts recommended investigating Apple and Google’s dominance in smartphones under the country’s new digital competition rules, alleging the tech giants can manipulate users into choosing their own apps and services over rivals’.

The agency recommended investigating Apple and Google’s activities in mobile ecosystems under tougher digital markets competition rules, which will come into force next year.

LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator should consider investigating Apple and Google's mobile ecosystem activities using new digital markets powers, the watchdog's inquiry group has suggested. In a report by the CMA published on Friday ...

A UK inquiry has found that Apple’s policies are "holding back innovation in the browsers we use to access the web on mobile phones."

Apple could be holding back innovation in smartphone browsers, according to a British regulatory report, which recommended that Apple's and Google's duopoly in mobile ecosystems should be investigated with its new powers.

Apple and Google ‘should face investigation over mobile browser duopoly’ - An initial inquiry has recommended that the UK’s competition regulator investigate the two firms further.