{"id":16203,"date":"2025-01-23T12:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?p=16203"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:05:08","slug":"nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Responding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/cma-to-investigate-apple-and-googles-mobile-ecosystems\">Competition and Markets Authority\u2019s announcement<\/a> this morning that it has launched SMS investigations into Google and Apple\u2019s mobile ecosystems, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: <em>\u201cThe CMA has a critical role to play in creating a fairer playing field in the digital markets, delivering sustainable growth for our economy while protecting UK consumers and our brilliant creative sectors. &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe regulator\u2019s announcement this morning about SMS investigations into Google and Apple\u2019s mobile ecosystems is a welcome next step in that vital stream of work. Most of us depend on our phones for communication as well as to shop, access to news, information and entertainment &#8211; the control these two gatekeeper firms have is rightly to be investigated to ensure that power is not being abused to give consumers and businesses a raw deal.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe government &#8211; which supported the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill and its objectives while in Opposition \u2013 must give its full and unequivocal backing to the work of the Digital Markets Unit and a thriving digital economy in the UK.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority\u2019s announcement this morning that it has launched SMS investigations into Google and Apple\u2019s mobile ecosystems, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: \u201cThe CMA has a critical role to play in creating a fairer playing field in the digital markets, delivering sustainable growth for our economy while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-markets-unit","category-news","digital-markets-unit","news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems - News Media Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems - News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority\u2019s announcement this morning that it has launched SMS investigations into Google and Apple\u2019s mobile ecosystems, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: \u201cThe CMA has a critical role to play in creating a fairer playing field in the digital markets, delivering sustainable growth for our economy while [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-23T12:04:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-23T12:05:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Skerrett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Skerrett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Skerrett\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/81b99f6af1818fbce2b8cb3fe8e48ad0\"},\"headline\":\"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-23T12:04:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-23T12:05:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Digital Markets Unit\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/\",\"name\":\"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems - News Media Association\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-23T12:04:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-23T12:05:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\",\"name\":\"News Media Association\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"News Media Association\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg\",\"width\":236,\"height\":79,\"caption\":\"News Media Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/81b99f6af1818fbce2b8cb3fe8e48ad0\",\"name\":\"Laura Skerrett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f590836381bd4a3a15db8736f7bb9c582f17e4515b4dda8cebfb9c593dd2e5f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f590836381bd4a3a15db8736f7bb9c582f17e4515b4dda8cebfb9c593dd2e5f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura Skerrett\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/author\/lauranewsmediauk-org\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems - News Media Association","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems - News Media Association","og_description":"Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority\u2019s announcement this morning that it has launched SMS investigations into Google and Apple\u2019s mobile ecosystems, News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: \u201cThe CMA has a critical role to play in creating a fairer playing field in the digital markets, delivering sustainable growth for our economy while [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/","og_site_name":"News Media Association","article_published_time":"2025-01-23T12:04:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-23T12:05:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laura Skerrett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Skerrett","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Skerrett","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/81b99f6af1818fbce2b8cb3fe8e48ad0"},"headline":"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems","datePublished":"2025-01-23T12:04:59+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-23T12:05:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/"},"wordCount":196,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Digital Markets Unit","News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/","name":"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems - News Media Association","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-23T12:04:59+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-23T12:05:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/robin-worrall-FPt10LXK0cg-unsplash-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/nma-welcomes-cma-sms-investigations-into-google-and-apples-mobile-ecosystems\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NMA Welcomes CMA SMS Investigations Into Google And Apple\u2019s Mobile Ecosystems"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/","name":"News Media Association","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#organization","name":"News Media Association","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nma-logo.svg","width":236,"height":79,"caption":"News Media Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/81b99f6af1818fbce2b8cb3fe8e48ad0","name":"Laura Skerrett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f590836381bd4a3a15db8736f7bb9c582f17e4515b4dda8cebfb9c593dd2e5f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f590836381bd4a3a15db8736f7bb9c582f17e4515b4dda8cebfb9c593dd2e5f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura Skerrett"},"url":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/author\/lauranewsmediauk-org\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16205,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16203\/revisions\/16205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}