The CMA case page for Apple's mobile platform shows no steering decision by 30 September 2026; its last steering entry is the publication of consultation responses on 14 August 2026.
Resolves the same way on the same page, with the date on or before 30 September 2026. If that source has not published in time, Reuters and the Financial Times settle it.
Five decisions qualify, one short of the six we need to show History. We looked at every finished step in the CMA's three big tech cases, Apple's phones, Google's phones and Google search. For each we counted the days from the CMA publishing the replies to a consultation to publishing its decision, as recorded on the three case pages on 15 August 2026. Where one consultation led to decisions on two dates, each counts. The test is the one the first market asks: did the decision come within 78 days? The step from opening an investigation to proposing a designation is left out, because the law gives it nine months.