PDA

View Full Version : EU hits Google with second antitrust charge



Wireless News
04-20-2016, 08:49 PM
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bw21MC3WpUJkYKUs9lOpJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-04-21T003851Z_2_LYNXNPEC3J0L8_RTROPTP_2_EU-GOOGLE-ANTITRUST.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/eu-hits-google-second-antitrust-charge-003851692--finance.html)By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union charged Google on Wednesday with using its dominant Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals, opening a second front against the U.S. technology giant that could result in large fines. EU antitrust regulators said that by requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and the Google Chrome browser to get access to other Google apps, the U.S. company was harming consumers by stifling competition. The EU's move is the latest in a series of anti-trust challenges Google has faced in both the EU and countries including India, Brazil and Russia.



More... (http://news.yahoo.com/eu-hits-google-second-antitrust-charge-003851692--finance.html)