India looks at more antitrust action against Google -- report
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India's government is reported to be planning action against Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) following an antitrust finding that the company abused its market position.
The country's antitrust watchdog in the fall had fined Google $275M over two issues involving abusing a dominant position in mobile operating systems with its Android OS and pushing developers to use its in-app payment system.
Now India's government is looking at its own action, the federal deputy minister for information technology told Reuters.
"The ministry has to take action," Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. "We have thought through it. You will see it in the coming weeks. Certainly it's not something that we will leave and push under the carpet."
India's competition bureau has since begun another inquiry into Google after Match Group and other companies alleged a new service fee for in-app payments breaches the watchdog's October decision.
The government is also looking at potential cases against Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN) as it's focused on protecting India's digital economy, the report noted: "We will certainly be looking into what the government needs to do to prevent anybody, including but not limited to Google, from abusing their market power or market dominance," Chandrasekhar said.
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