European Union antitrust regulators accused Google on Wednesday of abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system in deals with phone makers and mobile network operators following a year-long investigation. Based on our investigation thus far, we believe that Google's behavior denies consumers a wider choice of mobile apps and services and stands in the way of innovation by other players," European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement. The charge could jeopardize a key money-spinner for Google, a unit of holding company Alphabet Inc. The tech giant made about $11 billion from ad sales on Android phones with Google apps such as Maps, Search and Gmail last year.



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