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    You are at:Home»Business»Google to Appeal $5 billion EU Fine

    Google to Appeal $5 billion EU Fine

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    By AdeO on October 10, 2018 Business, Google, Governance, smartphones

    In July, Google was slammed with a record fine of $5bn over Android antitrust violation by the European Commission.

    Now, the tech giant says that it will it will appeal the record $5 billion antitrust fine by European Union authorities.

    A company spokesman, Al Verney, confirmed that the company has filed its legal challenge with the General Court of the EU, the bloc’s second highest court.

    The EU’s executive Commission issued the fine in July after it found Google forced smartphone makers using Android to install the company’s search and browser apps. The company also paid big phone makers to exclusively pre-install the Google Search app. The bloc’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, said at the time of the ruling that “companies must compete on their merits.”

    Under the ruling, Google must take measures to fix the problem by the end of October or risk further fines.

    “The Commission will defend its decision in Court,” the EU body said in an emailed statement.

    Google, which had said it would appeal, has argued that its free, open-source operating system has led to lower-priced phones and stoked competition with its chief rival, Apple. The company filed its appeal Tuesday just as it was unveiling its latest generation of Pixel smartphones, which undercut iPhones on price.

    Android is the most widely used mobile operating system, beating even Apple’s iOS. The fine, which follows a three-year investigation, is the biggest ever imposed by the EU on a company for anticompetitive behaviour.

     

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