India fines Google $162 million for anti-competitive practices on Android - TechCrunch

India’s antitrust watchdog fined Google $161.9 cardinal connected Thursday for anti-competitive practices related to Android mobile devices successful “multiple markets” successful a large setback for the hunt elephantine successful the cardinal overseas region.

The Competition Commission of India said successful its order that Google requiring instrumentality manufacturers to pre-install its full Google Mobile Suite and mandating salient placement of those apps “amounts to imposition of unfair information connected the instrumentality manufacturers and thereby successful contravention of the provisions of Section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Act.”

The bid besides found:

Google has perpetuated its ascendant presumption successful the online hunt marketplace resulting successful denial of marketplace entree for competing hunt apps successful contravention of Section 4(2)(c) of the Act.

Google has leveraged its ascendant presumption successful the app store marketplace for Android OS to support its presumption successful online wide hunt successful contravention of Section 4(2)(e) of the Act.

Google has leveraged its ascendant presumption successful the app store marketplace for Android OS to participate arsenic good arsenic support its presumption successful non-OS circumstantial web browser marketplace done Google Chrome App and thereby contravened the provisions of Section 4(2)(e) of the Act.

Google has leveraged its ascendant presumption successful the app store marketplace for Android OS to participate arsenic good arsenic support its presumption successful OVHPs marketplace done YouTube and thereby contravened provisions of Section 4(2)(e) of the Act.

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