India’s competition watchdog on Oct. 20 fined Google 13.38 billion Indian rupees ($162 million) for “abusing its dominant position” in multiple markets related to the Android mobile device ecosystem.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said that Google abused its dominance in licensing the Android mobile operating system and various proprietary mobile applications, such as Google Chrome and Youtube.
In a statement, the watchdog accused the tech giant of perpetuating its dominant position in the online search market to prevent other search applications from gaining market access.
Google also leveraged its dominance in the app store market for the Android operating system (OS) to protect its position in the non-OS-specific web browser market through Google Chrome and Youtube, the CCI said….