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India's government plans to take action against Alphabet's Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters.India's antitrust body in October fined Google $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,280 crore) in two cases, which involved abusing its dominant position in the Android operating system market, and pushing developers to use its in-app payment system.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the federal deputy minister for…

Google said that the service fee it charges developers helps fund the significant investments it has made to support the growth of India's app ecosystem.According to Google, it has complied with the CCI's order regarding its Google Play payment policy. Despite developers' previous attempts to suspend Google's in-app billing fee system, claiming it was non-compliant with the directive, Google will continue to enforce its policy in India.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is investigating Google's user choice billing…

Google on Wednesday said its Google Play's payments policy is compliant with the anti-trust watchdog CCI's order and it is pushing ahead with plans to enforce the policy in the country."In 2020, we clarified the requirements of our payments policy, and developers in India have had considerable time to make the necessary changes to their apps," it said in a blog post. "We're respectfully following the CCI's October 2022 order, and in compliance with that order, we expanded user choice billing to all developers in India and…

Google, a unit of Alphabet, has agreed to pay $8 million (roughly Rs. 65 million) to settle claims it used deceptive advertisements to promote the Pixel 4 smartphone, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday.The search and advertising giant, which also makes Android smartphone software and owns YouTube, has been scrutinized for antitrust and consumer protection infractions by both the federal government and state attorneys general. The federal government has filed two antitrust lawsuits.In this instance,…

Google is being probed in India by Competition Commission of India (CCI) after some companies alleged the service fee the U.S. firm charges for in-app payments breaches an earlier antitrust directive. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday issued an order stating "it is of the opinion that an inquiry needs to be made," a report by Reuters informed.As per the information, Tinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the watchdog to investigate Google's new User Choice Billing (UCB) system, which…

Google is now under investigation by India's competition watchdog, as per a regulatory order viewed by Reuters on…

India's competition watchdog has begun an inquiry into Google after some companies alleged the service fee the US firm charges for in-app payments breaches an earlier antitrust directive, a regulatory order seen by Reuters showed on Friday.Tinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the watchdog to investigate Google's new User Choice Billing (UCB) system, which they alleged was anti-competitive.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday issued an order stating "it is of the opinion that an inquiry…

Google has paid the entire Rs 1,338 crore penalty imposed on the tech giant by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the Android case, a report has said.Citing reliable sources, a report by news agency IANS said on Tuesday (May 2) that the full penalty amount has been deposited in the Consolidated Fund of India, within the 30-day deadline given by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in its order. The market regulator imposed the fine on Google in October 2022 for exploiting its dominant position in…

India’s top internet entrepreneurs are up in arms against what they term as a lack of “credence” in nodal industry grouping, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). These founders are demanding a change in the leadership of the apex body, which they contend has become a “mouthpiece of Big Tech,” while failing to represent the interests of home-grown digital companies.This signals a deepening of the chasm between the interests of global internet majors such as Google and Facebook, which count India as one of…

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