Swiss Competition Commission is now investigating Apple for iPhone NFC access

Apple has found itself in the crosshairs of the European Commission many times over the past few years, and now it’s also being investigated by the Swiss Competition Commission (SCC).

This has to do with access to NFC on iPhones. Apple started to allow third-party access to the NFC chip last year, following an initial opening up in the EU. But if you want to use the iPhone’s NFC chip, you need to enter into a commercial agreement with Apple and pay the fees it requests, and that is precisely what the SCC is investigating.

Namely, the SCC is trying to ascertain whether Apple’s terms…