Monday, June 17, 2013

The EU research advances against Google Android - Silicon News

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analyze the Internet giant’s agreements with mobile telecom operators and mobile phone manufacturers to find out if it is locked to the competition.

class=”date”> meta-prep-author”> The by Rosalia Rozalén

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European authorities investigating to Google since 2010 by antitrust , may be mulling the option of forcing change parts of the Android business.

Financial Times newspaper report recently suggested that Google could be forced to make its platform modificcaiones Android , without specifying what kind.

Now antitrust regulators in the European Union (EU) are consulting mobile telecom operators and manufacturers of mobile phones on their agreements with Google around Android.

The aim is to find out if they give the Internet giant has blocked rivals mobile phone , which could lead to a second investigation of the company.

According to Reuters, the commission has asked providers if agreements with Google Android “ contained clauses that would prevent or limit them to launch or distribute Android devices do not “.

competition authorities also want to know whether there have been restrictions on Android devices that do not comply with Google’s compatibility requirements.

Respondents have until July 26 to respond to the list of 82 questions that could determine whether the commission will open a new investigation into Google, which now tries to mitigate the consequences of abuse of dominant position EU.

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