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Android antitrust fine – Google is contesting a record antitrust penalties from the European Union that targeted the Android operating system’s role in limiting consumer and competitor choice and mobile competition.
A lower tribunal earlier heard Google’s appeal, and in a ruling that sided mostly with the European Commission, it marginally reduced the original 4.34 billion-euro fine. It is the highest antitrust penalties ever imposed by the commission, the leading competition watchdog of the 27-nation bloc.
The company said on Thursday that it filed the appeal against the $4.3 billion penalty “because there are areas that require legal clarification from the European Court of Justice,” the EU’s top court.
“Android has created more choice for everyone, not less, and supports thousands of successful businesses in Europe and around the world,” Google said on Thursday.
To the lower tribunal of the EU court, it is contesting the third penalty, a 1.49 billion euro fine for abusing its monopoly in online search ads.
