This Wall Street Journal report said that the DoJ has now assigned more litigants, while new document requests and consultations have been made with all the companies involved.
The investigation will also examine whether Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, is anti-competitive, favoring its own products over those of third-party developers, the report added.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the United States has launched an investigation into the competition of mobile application ecosystems, paying special attention to iOS and the “barriers” they put up so that their products can only be used on their devices.
It is a fact that Governments have realized the power that the main technology companies have had up to now and want to end these monopolies that have been set up. To do this, countries are designing new laws that focus on practices carried out by these companies and that until now no one had stopped to think that they were abusive.
For its part, the DoJ declined to comment, while Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last month, the DoJ sued Alphabet Inc’s Google, accusing it of abusing its dominance in digital advertising by threatening to dismantle a key business of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful internet companies.
In 2020, The Justice Department is suing Google alleging antitrust violations in the way the company acquires or maintains its dominant position in online search, and the trial is scheduled to take place in September.
The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon.com for possible violations of antitrust law. The retail giant has come under fire for allegedly favoring its own products and disfavoring third-party sellers on its platform.
Source: Ambito
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