Google alleges India's antitrust agency protecting Amazon in Android case - report
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Alphabet's unit Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) accused India's antitrust agency of ordering the tech giant to make changes to its business model "only to protect" competitor Amazon.com (AMZN) which had noted its challenges to build a modified version of Android because of restrictions by Google, Reuters reported, citing certain legal documents.
Google has reached out to India's Supreme Court to overrule an October 2022 order from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which asked Google to make 10 changes to its business model after the CCI found that the company misused its dominant position in the market with its Android operating system, the report added.
In October 2022, the CCI fined Google INR 13.38B ($163M) for anticompetitive practices. The company was ordered to not restrict users from uninstalling pre-installed apps like Google Maps and Gmail and also allow users to pick the search engine of their choice, among other things.
Amazon said to the CCI during the probe that Google's restrictions impeded the development of its Android fork called Fire OS. Google noted that CCI unfairly relied on that in taking a decision against the company, the report added citing a June 26 Supreme Court filing.
In December 2022 filing, Google had said to a lower tribunal in India that CCI investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the company in a similar case. The CCI had denied the allegations.
In 2018, the European Commission (EC) fined Google â¬4.34B for breaching EU antitrust rules. The EC had noted that since 2011, Google imposed illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators to cement its dominant position in general internet search. The tech giant had appealed the decision.
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