BRUSSELS, March 21 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators

are expected to investigate Apple ( AAPL ), Meta Platforms ( META )

and Alphabet's Google, using powers under the

Digital Markets Act, people with direct knowledge of the matter

said.

The European Commission will likely announce the

investigations in coming days and issue decisions before EU

antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's term ends in November, they

said.