The Federal Trade Commission USA (FTC for its acronym in English) is investigating whether Google Inc. is using its Android operating system for mobile devices to discourage competition, said on Friday a source close to the matter.
The Android platform is a key element of the strategy of Google to maintain their income through advertisements on the Internet, at a time when people put aside the search engines in traditional web applications to employ more advanced phones .
The US regulatory action would be a big problem for the company.
Reuters reported in April that few technology companies complained to the Department of Justice anti-competitive practices Google, and urged the regulator to investigate allegations that the company unfairly used the Android system to make further announcements on the Internet.
Previously, Google was under investigation by the FTC on charges of possible illegal practices in your search engine on the web and reached a plea deal in 2013.
The European Union has accused Google of distorting the results of internet searches to further their own shopping services, and now also investigating the Android operating system.
Google shares were operating with a slight drop of 0.21 percent to $ 654.9 in early trading session on Wall Street.
The new FTC investigation focused on whether Google is telling device manufacturers Android applications US company must appear on those phones, telling them how they should be deployed, the source said.
The commission and the Department of Justice met to discuss whether to investigate Google and the FTC agreed to take the case. The research is in its early stages, the source said. (I)
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