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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Holly Williams

Apple and Google may be forced to make changes over mobile platform ‘duopoly’

Apple and Google hold an “effective duopoly” with their mobile platforms and may be forced to open them up to more competition, a UK watchdog has said.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced proposals to give the US tech giants “strategic market status” for their mobile platforms, which could enforce changes that will benefit consumers, businesses and app developers.

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