The EU wants Google to stop certain attitudes of ‘monopoly’ it has with its Android operating system.
Juan Garzón / CNETThe antitrust regulators of the European Union intend to ask Alphabet that Google stop the payment of financial incentives to phone makers with the aim of include a preset Google as a search engine, as he was able to learn about Reuters.
According to the source, the EU wants to end what it considers measures anti-competitive behavior of Google and for this aims to make people understand the need to stop the policy of paying manufacturers to include the Google Play Store with the app in the Google Searches by default.
The regulators also want to avoid that Google requires manufacturers of phones and tablets to pre-install their apps if this restricts your ability to use other operating systems competitors based on Android.
The company is facing a fine that the sources of Reuters claim it will have the level enough to be a deterrent. The demands on the anti-competitive practices that rely on Google in Europe started in 2011, and in 2013 a lobbying group called FairSearch began to give up on the eu authorities to avoid that the research is not concretaran.
The penalty might be based on the revenue generated by Google using the clicks on Adwords ads that are made by european users when searching for products in the mobile, as well as purchases in the Play Store and AdMob ads, a system of advertising and monetizing mobile apps.
To this the EU could also add the file of Google Shopping, in which several companies have sued the search engine for prioritizing your shopping service in the search results.
The company Alphabet is not the only under the eye of the european agencies. In August, Apple was fined millions for alleged tax evasion in Ireland, its regional headquarters, and where it would have benefited from discounts in the payment of taxes supposedly owed to her; the company said that calling up to the decision.
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