
Russia Fines Google $6.7 Million Over Anti-trust Charge
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published August 11, 2016 | 10:14 PM

MOSCOW, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th August, 2016) : Russia's anti-trust authority on Thursday fined Google 438 million rubles ($6.75 million) after finding it guilty of abusing its dominant market position by forcing smartphone makers to install its search engine on Androids. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in September last year deemed Google in breach of a law on "protecting competition" after an investigation following a complaint by Russia's largest search engine, Yandex. Yandex asked the anti-trust authorities to prevent Android phones from being automatically bundled with Google's search engine. The FAS said that Google has two months to pay the fine. Yelena Zayeva, the head of its department for regulating communications and IT was quoted in the statement as saying the ruling "will allow the development of competition on the mobile software market in Russia, which will have a positive effect for consumers.
" All companies whose production is on sale in Russia have to observe the law on competition, "including transnational corporations," Zayeva added.
Google said in a statement sent to AFP: "We have received notice of the fine from FAS and will analyze closely before deciding our next steps." "In the meantime, we continue to talk to all invested parties to help consumers, device manufacturers and developers thrive on Android in Russia," Google said. The tech giant's Android operating system dominates the smartphone market with a share of around 80 percent, which enables Google to offer search and other services to handset users. Russia's anti-trust authority had been holding consultations with Google aimed at reaching an amicable agreement, but this required Google to admit guilt. Google has insisted that consumers are free to choose whether to use its services.
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