INDIA INVESTIGATES GOOGLE ALLEGES ABUSE OF ANDROID DOMINANCE

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Citing anonymous sources, Reuters said it had reported in February that the CCI had begun its probe last year. In July last year, the European Union hit Google with a fine of €4.34 billion for an offence similar to the one the CCI is investigating. Following initial investigations, the Indian anti-trust watchdog decided by mid-April that there was merit to the allegations and ordered a complete probe. The sources told Reuters that the investigation would take about a year and the CCI would summon Google executives to appear before it in the months ahead. The source of the complaint was unknown, the news agency said. India has fined Google once before, levying a penalty of 135.86 crore rupees (about US$21.1 million) for "abusing its dominant position in online general Web search and Web search advertising services in India". This was in February 2018, with the CCI saying at the time that the fine had levied following complaints by two websites in 2012: matchmaking website Bharat Matrimony (Matrimony.com) and the non-profit Consumer and Trust Society.