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A new pane opens in the antitrust investigation is Google for its practice of granting licenses Android. The European Commission will centralize complaints manufacturers and telecom operators.
antitrust investigation is Google Europe takes a new turn.
Brussels is interested in the Internet group practices in the granting of licenses Android.
the operating system that people, according to Gartner, 74% of smartphones sold in 1 st quarter 2013 (against 57% a year earlier), the American multinational has a position strong.
But she misuses in several ways.
first to put forward its own services: telecom manufacturers wishing to integrate Android into their terminals would be required in this case to highlight on the user interface, Google
applications.
key, income and more specifically, the last score eMarketer, 55% of revenue from mobile advertising.
“The informal investigation” initiated in this regard by the European Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia probe the markets on other aspects of anti-competitive acts.
23 pages questionnaire addressed to “interested parties” deals including possible exclusive agreements with some suppliers, but also sales of licenses at low cost and shipping terminals blockade on competing operating systems.
will gather in 82 issues whose scope goes back to January 2009 (the Financial Times is obtained a copy), grievances that could support the formal complaint in April Fairsearch Europe .
This group brings together 14 high-tech companies, including Microsoft class=”wp_keywordlink”> Nokia and Oracle.
Some of the allegations are part of an extension of the formal investigation launched in November 2010 on the search engine Google.
If distortion of competition proved, the EU can punish the firm Larry Page up to 10% of its total annual turnover.
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