08:15 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) and Google ( GOOG ) have been proposed to be designated with 'Strategic Market Status' by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority in each of their mobile platforms and has published separate roadmaps of potential actions to improve competition.

A statement by the Competition body said this move follows findings by an inquiry group that a number of markets relating to mobile internet browsers were not working well for consumers or businesses.

Apple ( AAPL ) and Google's ( GOOG ) mobile platforms are both critical to the UK economy, but our investigation so far has identified opportunities for more innovation and choice, CMA head Sarah Cardell said in a statement.

Apple ( AAPL ) and Google ( GOOG ) didn't immediately reply to MT Newswires' request for comment.