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Italy's antitrust regulator probes Apple over cloud services under Digital Market rules
The regulator says third-party cloud providers lacked equal access to iPhone and iPad components, and it will forward findings to the European Commission.
- On Tuesday, Italy's competition regulator opened an investigation into Apple, examining whether the company illegally preferences its cloud service under the European Digital Markets Act .
- Under the DMA, Apple must ensure third-party cloud providers can "inter-operate effectively and free of charge" with hardware and software components controlled by the group, yet authorities claim other services lack equal access.
- Italy's regulator is forwarding its findings to the European Commission, utilizing authority under the DMA to conduct preliminary investigations into potential violations by major technology firms.
- Apple has paid nearly $3 billion in antitrust fines over recent years, often adopting a tough stance by refusing to admit wrongdoing or threatening to withdraw from markets entirely.
- Tensions extend beyond cloud services, as Apple previously refused to provide third-party AI services access to its systems, citing security and privacy grounds amid broader European antitrust friction.
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The Italian Antitrust Authority said Tuesday that it has opened an investigation into Apple for allegedly breaching the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) in relation to cloud services. (ANSA)
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