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In October, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Alphabet Inc’s Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant place in markets similar to on-line search and the Android app retailer.
(Noah Seelam / AFP)
An Indian tribunal declined a request on Wednesday by Google to dam an antitrust
ruling that ordered the tech big to vary its method to its
Android platform, dealing the US agency a setback in a key
progress market.
The CCI has additionally requested it to vary curbs on smartphone
makers associated to pre-installing apps.
During the listening to, Google’s counsel, Abhishek Manu Singhvi,
repeatedly pushed for placing the choice on maintain, or extending
the date of implementation of CCI’s directives past January 19.
He mentioned the CCI’s choice will drive the corporate to vary its
business mannequin and hurt client curiosity.
READ MORE: Google fined over $160M by Indian watchdog over market dominance
The tribunal didn’t agree. “We are of opinion that at
the second given the voluminous nature of the attraction, there may be
no have to cross any interim order,” the two-member tribunal
panel mentioned.
Google instructed the tribunal in a authorized submitting that CCI’s investigation
unit copied elements of a European ruling towards the US agency
from an identical verdict on abuse of market dominance of its
Android working system, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
The CCI investigators “copy-pasted extensively from a
European Commission choice, deploying proof from Europe
that was not examined in India”, Google alleged.
The CCI has not responded but to these allegations.
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Source: Reuters
