Google fined £5M for breaking Russia's antitrust law with Android
Google has been fined more than £5 million (438 million rubles, $6.8 million) and told to slacken limits it places on device makers by Russian authorities who found that the search and ad giant had breached competition rules with its Android mobile operating system.On Thursday, the country's Federation Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) said that Google forced mobile phone manufacturers to include Google search on the home screen of all Android devices and bundling other services with Google Play, while preventing manufacturers from pre-installing competing services.The case was opened in February 2014, when one of those rivals, Yandex, filed an official complaint against Google.
Google Hit With $6.8M Fine by Russia Over Android Bundling
Posted 2016-08-11Following a complaint by rival search engine company Yandex, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service rules that Google violated Russia's fair competition laws.Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Google the equivalent of $6.8 million for violating the country's fair competition laws.The fine comes about one year after the FAS opened its investigation against Google and represents mixed news for the company.
Russia tells Google to cough up some loose change in Android monopoly probe • The Register
Updated Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Google 468 million rubles ($6.8m) on charges that its Android operating system has been illegally disadvantaging other software vendors.Last February, the FAS announced an investigation into Android after complaints from local search engine Yandex that Android phones came bundled with some Google apps.Yandex whined that this was anticompetitive and was sucking away its business customers.
Russia fines Google $6.75 million for pre-installing apps on Android
Google has been hit by a $6.75 million antitrust fine in Russia for requiring phone manufacturers to pre-install its apps on Android mobile devices.The majority of smartphones and tablets solid in Russia run on Android, and domestic search engine rival Yandex filed a complaint last year that the US company was abusing its position.The fine itself is small — less than what the company makes in an hour, notes Recode — but the decision shows increasing enmity to Google in Europe.
Google Fined $6.8 Million by Russian Antitrust Regulator Over Android
Russia's anti-trust authority on Thursday fined Google RUB 438 million ($6.8 million or roughly Rs.45 crores) after finding it guilty of abusing its dominant market position by forcing smartphone makers to install its search engine on Androids.The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in September last year deemed Google in breach of a law on "protecting competition" after an investigation following a complaint by Russia's largest search engine, Yandex.
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