Google to Appeal EU's $4.30 Billion Android Antitrust Fine
December 01 2022 - 10:57AM
Dow Jones News
By Mauro Orru
Alphabet Inc.'s Google will appeal a decision from the European
Union's second-highest court that largely upheld a fine of more
than 4 billion euros ($4.16 billion) against the company for
allegedly abusing the market dominance of its Android operating
system.
The EU's General Court in Luxembourg in September annulled one
element of the original 2018 decision that alleged Google had
breached competition laws by making revenue-sharing payments with
manufacturers to exclusively pre-install Google Search, reducing
the overall fine by about 5% to EUR4.13 billion.
"We have decided to appeal the General Court's decision because
there are areas that require legal clarification from the European
Court of Justice," a Google spokesperson said. "Android has created
more choice for everyone, not less, and supports thousands of
successful businesses in Europe and around the world."
The EU competition regulator in July 2018 fined Google to the
tune of almost EUR4.34 billion for allegedly abusing the market
dominance of its Android operating system for mobile phones to
promote its search engine and Chrome browser on mobile devices.
The decision focused in large part on how Google bundled
together the licensing of its apps for Android devices.
Write to Mauro Orru at mauro.orru@wsj.com; @MauroOrru94
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 01, 2022 10:42 ET (15:42 GMT)
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