Italy opens antitrust probe into Amazon, Apple over sale of Beats headphones
Cup of woes of some tech companies do not seem to be ebbing with regard to the antitrust probes that are cropping up across the globe in regular intervals.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-07-22 11:19 GMT
Italy’s antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into whether Apple Inc APPL.O and Amazon Inc had engaged in anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple products and Beats headphones.
It said the investigation was aimed at establishing whether Apple and Amazon had reached an anti-competitive agreement to prevent electronics retailers not included in Apple’s official programme to sell the products.
It added that Antitrust officials searched Amazon and Apple offices in Italy on Wednesday.
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