CCI imposes Rs 1,338-crore fine on Google for ‘anti-competitive practices’

By Kevin Colleran On Oct 20, 2022

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday said that it has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1337.76 crore on Google for anti-competitive practices in relation to Android mobile devices. CCI said it fined Google for “abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android Mobile device ecosystem”.

CCI also directed Google to modify its conduct within a defined timeline.

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“Smart mobile devices need an operating system (OS) to run applications (apps) and programs. Android is one such mobile operating systems which was acquired by Google in 2005. The Commission in the instant matter has examined various practices of Google w.r.t. licensing of this Android mobile operating system and various proprietary mobile applications of Google (e.g. Play Store, Google Search, Google Chrome, YouTube, etc.),” CCI said in a press release.

The competition watchdog further said that Google’s business was found to be driven by the “ultimate intent of increasing users on its platforms” so that they interact with its revenue earning service i.e., online search which directly affects sale of online advertising services by Google.

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