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Google asks India’s top court to quash Android antitrust directives

27Jun

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Google asks India’s top court to quash Android antitrust directives

[ad_1] Google has urged India's Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers 97% of the 600 million smartphones in India, had exploited its dominant position. It ordered Google to remove restrictions imposed on device makers, including those related to the pre-installation of apps, and fined the U.S. firm $163 million, which it paid. In March, an Indian tribunal gave partial relief to the Alphabet Inc unit by setting aside four of the 10 directives in the case.The tribunal said CCI's findings of Google's anti-com...

India fines Google $113 mn for ‘unfair’ payment system

[ad_1] India's antitrust watchdog fined Google $113 million for "unfair" payment policies. India's antitrust watchdog fined Google $113 million on Tuesday for "unfair" payment policies, a week after hitting the tech behemoth with an even bigger financial penalty for abusing its market dominance. The California-based company's Android mobile operating system is by far the dominant player in India and runs on 95 percent of all the country's smartphones, according to research agency Counterpoint. Independent developers distribute their own software on Android through the company's app store, Google Play, but must use Google's billing system to collect revenue from consumers. This policy amounts to an "unfair condition on app developers", the Competition Commission of India (CCI) s...

Shocking! India slaps heavy fine on Google over Android platform abuse

[ad_1] The Competition Commission of India has just slapped a huge fine on Google for its anti-competitive practices related to Android devices. In a shocking development, Google has been fined by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for anti-competitive practices and Android platform abuse. CCI is India' top watchdog which acts as a competition regulator. CCI tweeted, “CCI imposes monetary penalty of Rs. 1337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android Mobile device ecosystem.” Although Android OS is based on an open-source platform, Google manages Android-related applications and all other proprietary software. Original equipment manufacturers use Google's OS across all their devices by entering an agreement with Google such as the ...