Spain’s antitrust watchdog opens investigation into Apple’s app store

MADRID: Spain’s antitrust regulator said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour by Apple’s App Store, an allegation the tech giant denied.

The CNMC, as the regulator is known, said that Apple may have imposed unequal commercial conditions on developers of mobile applications sold at its app marketplace.

The practices could be considered a very serious violation of competition law and could carry a fine worth as much as 10% of the company’s global revenues, the regulator said in a statement.