The Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation to determine whether the practices of Apple in the mobile telephony business are unduly affect competition, according to a report.
The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported that the Commission (FTC, for its acronym in English), has worked with the Justice Department for weeks, to decide which agency will review the allegations of some companies, which complain that they are marginalized mobile platform based on the iPhone and the IPAD, the successful aircraft of the U.S. company.
The latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS4, will be released later this month. A new iPhone would be available around the same time.
Google, Apple's rival, is among the companies unhappy with the manufacturer of the iPhone. The new restrictions are part of iOS4 could affect Google's ability to sell and place advertisements in devices that use the software.
On Wednesday, Omar Hamoui, head of AdMob, a mobile advertising service recently acquired by Google, criticized the restrictions, as a threat to competition.
Before Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News had reported on the investigation.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling declined to comment. We were unable to locate a spokesman for the FTC.
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