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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…

The Competition Commission is understood to have issued demand notices to Google for its failure to pay within the stipulated time the penalties imposed on the internet giant for anti-competitive practises. Google has filed appeals before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) two orders in October. The appeals are yet to be heard by the tribunal. In October, the watchdog slapped penalties totalling Rs 2,274.2 crore in two separate cases on Android mobile…

Search giant Google on Friday said it has appealed the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) decision regarding unfair business practices in the Android mobile device ecosystem in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). "We believe it (the CCI decision) presents a major setback for our Indian users and businesses who trust Android's security features, and potentially raising the cost of mobile devices," a Google spokesperson told ET. Google's appeal comes days after CEO Sundar Pichai, who was in India for…

Image Source : GOOGLE Google The Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Google (Thursday), for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets for the android mobile device ecosystem. Today, the tech giant has started to review the decision of CCI for imposing the penalty and alleged anti-competitive practice. Google has…

The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its judgement in an appeal filed by Whatapp and Facebook challenging the single judge-bench's order which had refused to stay the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) last year's order.In 2021, the court had refused to stay a notice issued by the CCI, asking WhatsApp to furnish certain information in connection with the probe, ordered in March, on the instant messaging app's new updated privacy policy.In the last hearing on July 22, Meta (formerly Facebook) had opposed the CCI…

South Africa's Competition Commission, which has been probing online markets for over a year, has provisionally found that Google's paid search results distort competition, making it a "de facto monopolist" in general search. Governments around the world are strengthening the regulation of US tech giants that have become even more powerful during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are multiple investigations globally into their market positions, including in the United States and the European Union. The competition watchdog…