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Jan 13 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google stated on Friday that India’s new antitrust order to vary how the corporate markets its Android platform will drive up prices for app builders, gear makers, and consequently, customers.
The Competitors Fee of India (CCI) in October fined Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant place in Android, and requested it to vary restrictions imposed on smartphone makers associated to pre-installing apps.
Google licenses its Android system to smartphone makers, however critics say that its imposition of restrictions, such because the necessary pre-installation of its personal apps, is anti-competitive. The corporate argues that such agreements assist maintain Android free.
Reuters reported earlier this month that Google warned in a Supreme Court docket problem to the order that Android ecosystem’s progress in India was getting ready to stalling because of the order. Android powers 97% of the nation’s smartphones. (Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Modifying by Shailesh Kuber and Devika Syamnath)
