News Summary

• The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a set of proposals and a roadmap outlining actions it will take to enable fair competition in the smartphone market.
• The publication of the roadmap comes ahead of the CMA’s decision later this year on whether Apple and Google will be given Strategic Market Service (SMS) status.
• One of the key priorities is to ensure app developers get a fair deal on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store to distribute their apps in a way that does not damage their business model.