Google granted yet another extension in EU Android antitrust probe
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) has granted Google yet another bloody extension in the probe into the firm's Android software.A Statement of Objections filed in April set out the EC's case, accusing Google of restricting Android smartphone and tablet makers adding competing apps to the operating system, and of paying phone makers and telecoms operators to install only the firm's search app on phones."We believe that Google's behaviour denies consumers a wider choice of mobile apps and services, and stands in the way of innovation by other players," EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement at the time.
Google gets more time to counter EU antitrust charge on Android
A woman hovers a mouse over the Google and European Union logos in this April 15, 2015 photo illustration.REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoBRUSSELS Alphabet's Google has been given an extra three weeks to respond to EU antitrust charges that it abused its dominant Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals, the European Commission said on Tuesday.The U.S. tech giant had been due to file a response by Tuesday but said it needed more time and will now reply by Oct. 7, a Commission spokesman said, the third extension of the deadline.
Google antitrust deadline on EU's Android charges extended once again
BRUSSELS—Google has been given yet another extension in its deadline to respond to European Commission charges that it abused Android's dominance to block competitors.Further Reading Why Google's monopoly abuse case in Europe will run and run A so-called Statement of Objections was filed in April setting out the commission's case against the ad giant.Google had until July 27 to respond.
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