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Russia competition watchdog fines Google $6.8m over Android
The Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has fined Google $6.8m for forcing smartphone makers to pre-install Google apps on their Android devices.Download this free guide Your exclusive guide to CIO trends A collection of our most popular articles for IT leaders from the first few months of 2016, including: - Corporate giants recruit digitally-minded outsiders to drive transformation - Analytics platforms to drive strategy in 2016 - Next generation: The changing role of IT leaders.Start Download Corporate E-mail Address: You forgot to provide an Email Address.
Russia fines Google over breaking antitrust rules with Android
Google has been fined 438 million rubles ($6.75 million) by the Russian antitrust authority for abusing its market position following a complaint by Yandex, Russia's biggest search engine.Google has been found guilty of forcing Android smartphone makers to install its search engine on their devices, which has been seen to breach "protecting competition" laws.Yelena Zayeva, the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service's (FAS) department for regulating communications and IT says that the ruling "will allow the development of competition on the mobile software market in Russia, which will have a positive effect for consumers".
Russia fines Google $6.75M over pre-installed Android apps
Russia fines Google $6.75M over pre-installed Android appsGoogle's antitrust headaches in Europe now seem to be spreading into Russia.The country's anti-monopoly regulator has fined the internet giant for $6.75 million over the requirement that manufacturers of Android-powered devices pre-install Google's own apps.The Russian Federation Antimonopoly Service (FAS)'s investigation was triggered after Yandex, the country's largest search engine, filed a complaint last year that Google was abusing its power and being anti-competitive.
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