India’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google 9.4 billion rupees ($113 million) for “abusing” its dominant position on its Android mobile app store, the second such penalty for the tech giant within days.
(Bloomberg) — India’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google 9.4 billion rupees ($113 million) for “abusing” its dominant position on its Android mobile app store, the second such penalty for the tech giant within days.
The Competition Commission of India on Tuesday ordered Google to “cease-and-desist” from anti-competitive practices after it found the company to be “dominant” in the Indian market for licensable operating systems available for smartphones and app stores.
The regulator also asked Google to not restrict app developers from using third-party billing or payment-processing services.
Google has been ordered to follow a non-discriminatory policy against other apps that allow payments via a state-backed system known as Unified Payments Interface, or UPI, the anti-trust body said in a statement.
Google didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.
The regulator’s order comes just days after it fined Google $162 million for accelerating the dominant position of its Android smartphone operating system.
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