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United Kingdom: Closed consultation on CMA investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming

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Closed consultation on CMA investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming

On 22 July 2022, the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation on the market power of Apple and Google in mobile browsers and the App Store's restrictions on cloud gaming regarding the supply of online gaming services for the video game consoles sold by Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. Particularly, the CMA announced it plans to conduct a market investigation into Apple and Google's business practices concerning opt-out options, auto-renewal and the terms and conditions for online gaming contracts. The consultation follows a study which found that Apple and Google have an effective duopoly on mobile ecosystems.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2022-06-10
in consultation

On 10 June 2022, the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation o…

2022-07-22
processing consultation

On 22 July 2022, the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation…

2022-11-22
under deliberation

On 22 November 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the launch of a marke…

2023-03-31
under investigation

On 31 March 2023, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) released a judgement ruling in favour of…

2023-05-03
in force

On 3 May 2023, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) denied the Competition and Markets Authorit…

2023-05-17
under appeal

On 17 May 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) applied to the Court of Appeal for perm…

2023-06-09
under investigation

On 9 June 2023, the UK's Court of Appeal granted the Competition and Market Authority's (CMA) reque…

2023-11-30
in force

On 30 November 2023, the Court of Appeal issued a verdict supporting the Competition and Markets Au…

2024-11-22
in consultation

On 22 November 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its provisional findings…

2024-12-13
processing consultation

On 13 December 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation on its …

2025-02-19
under investigation

On 19 February 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a report summarising the…

2025-03-12
in force

On 12 March 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) independent inquiry group published…