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Back in December 2024, the CMA published its interim findings from its market investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming.
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Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
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Back in December 2024, the CMA published its interim findings from its market investigation
into mobile browsers and cloud gaming. It provisionally concluded
that the mobile browser market was not working well for UK
businesses and phone users. There was better news for the cloud
gaming market and the CMA didn’t find provisional concerns in
this area.
It recently published the final report. It reiterates that
markets relating to mobile browsers are not working well for
consumers and businesses, which is holding back innovation and
could be limiting growth in the UK. A couple of the concerns have
been resolved since the interim report, but most have been
confirmed.
The final decision in relation to cloud gaming remains that no
further action is necessary.
Since the inquiry group’s provisional decision report, the
CMA opened investigations in January into whether to designate
players in the market as having strategic market status (SMS) under
the new digital markets competition regime under the Digital
Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 which came into force
on 1 January. These SMS investigations are currently ongoing and
expected to conclude later this year.
The inquiry group has considered several potential interventions
which could address the competition concerns it has identified. The
final report recommends that, if the dominant players are
designated with SMS, then the CMA should consider imposing
appropriate interventions. These include measures which could
enhance the ability of other browsers to compete by offering new,
innovative features to consumers, as well as enabling users
actively to choose their preferred mobile browser which could drive
competition.
If the SMS investigations result in designations and
interventions, the aim would be to allow a wider range of companies
to invest, innovate and grow, giving millions of consumers access
to mobile browsers which may be faster and more secure to use in
their everyday lives.
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