EU to probe Android, charges Google with market abuse

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The EU on Wednesday formally charged Google with abusing its dominant position as Europe’s top search engine, laying the US Internet giant open to a massive fine of more than $6.0 billion.
The European Commission also said it would open a separate anti-trust investigation into Google’s Android operating system, which dominates the global mobile phone market.
The Commission, which polices EU competition policy, said it had sent a formal “Statement of Objections” to Google charging it with “systematically favouring its own comparison shopping product in its general search results pages.”
“The Commission’s preliminary view is that such conduct infringes EU anti-trust rules because …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper