Apple has filed a petition with the Competition Commission of India to end the antitrust investigation against it, citing the company's market share is not large enough. In September, the non-profit Together We Fight Society filed a complaint with the regulator accusing Apple of dominating the market for unlicensed mobile operating systems.

The authors of the complaint reported that the corporation is forcing developers to use the payment mechanism inside the App Store. In response, Apple said its market share was not large enough to be considered dominant. The company claims to hold between 0% and 5% of the market in India, while Google Android is used by 90% of smartphone users in the country.

Apple's Chief Compliance Officer, Kyle Andir, said the company does not dominate the market and therefore cannot be abused. In its report, Apple notes Google's leadership in the Indian market, which the corporation has accused of anti-competitive behavior.

Apple notes that the complaint from the non-profit organization was filed by proxy. However, representatives of Together We Fight Society stressed that the company did not provide evidence of its findings.

The Indian antitrust authority is currently deciding whether to conduct a full investigation into Apple. In September, Together We Fight Society said it had filed a complaint based on the interests of Indian consumers and startups. This was the organization's first and only appeal.

Since 2012, Indian authorities have prohibited foreign companies from selling goods directly if they do not purchase 30% of the materials for the manufacture of their equipment from India. However, in 2019, the state allowed retailers to open stores without reaching the required percentage. Counterpoint Research researchers say that at the end of last year, the share of products with iOS accounted for 2% of the total number of mobile devices in the country, which exceeds half a billion.

In October, the EU regulator announced its intention to sue Apple over restrictions on the use of NFC for third-party payment systems on iOS devices. Antitrust officials believe that this gives the company an illegal competitive advantage. The agency launched an investigation against Apple last year.

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