Google has reportedly accused the Competition Commission of India (CCI) of ordering adjustments to its trade fashion “only to protect” rival Amazon. According to a file by way of information company Reuters, amazon had complained about its struggles to broaden a changed Android System model because of Google’s restrictions. The file quotes prison papers.
Last month, Google approached the Supreme Court to quash CCI’s October order asking the corporate to make 10 adjustments to its trade fashion. The regulatory frame accused Google of abusing its dominant place available in the market with its Android running gadget, which powers 97% of India’s smartphones.
‘All to give protection to Amazon’
Amazon reportedly instructed the CCI throughout the investigation that Google’s restrictions hindered the advance of its Android fork known as Fire OS. Google in its SC submitting has claimed that the watchdog unfairly trusted that during passing its antagonistic determination in opposition to it. “Globally, FireOS failed commercially due to poor user experience. In India, the Fire Phone was not even launched,” Google argued in its 1,004-page submitting, which has no longer been made public however was once reviewed by way of Reuters.
“Thus, the Commission called Amazon’s lack of attempt to compete in India a failure and attributed it to Google’s agreements.” It additional added, “The CCI’s directive was issued “best to give protection to Amazon – who complained that its makes an attempt at making a forked model of the Android didn’t paintings on account of (Google’s) restrictions.”
The court papers show that Amazon told Indian investigators the creation of Fire OS, as a forked Android, took “considerable sources”, including thousands of employee hours.
Google is arguing in India’s Supreme Court against any penalty and saying that it did not abuse its market position. The CCI wants Google to comply with all its directives, the watchdog said in a separate filing seen by Reuters. Google’s latest SC filing shows its deepening disagreement with how the CCI conducted its Android investigation.
What CCI ruling asked Google to do
In October 2022, CCI imposed a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store policies, apart from issuing a cease-and-desist order. The commission also directed Google to modify its conduct within a defined timeline. This was followed by another Rs 1363 crore penalty.
The company was asked to allow modified versions of its Android operating system, called Android forks, to be distributed without any licensing restrictions such as those related to the pre-installation of Google apps.
Google has made some big changes to its Android business model in India following the CCI’s directive. A lower tribunal earlier ruled that Google should pay the penalty and confirmed it abused its market position, in line with CCI’s findings, but the US company continues to fight it out in the Supreme Court.
In an earlier December filing in a lower tribunal, Google reportedly said that CCI officers had “copypasted” portions of a European ruling in opposition to the USA company in a identical case. CCI denied the allegation.
Last month, Google approached the Supreme Court to quash CCI’s October order asking the corporate to make 10 adjustments to its trade fashion. The regulatory frame accused Google of abusing its dominant place available in the market with its Android running gadget, which powers 97% of India’s smartphones.
‘All to give protection to Amazon’
Amazon reportedly instructed the CCI throughout the investigation that Google’s restrictions hindered the advance of its Android fork known as Fire OS. Google in its SC submitting has claimed that the watchdog unfairly trusted that during passing its antagonistic determination in opposition to it. “Globally, FireOS failed commercially due to poor user experience. In India, the Fire Phone was not even launched,” Google argued in its 1,004-page submitting, which has no longer been made public however was once reviewed by way of Reuters.
“Thus, the Commission called Amazon’s lack of attempt to compete in India a failure and attributed it to Google’s agreements.” It additional added, “The CCI’s directive was issued “best to give protection to Amazon – who complained that its makes an attempt at making a forked model of the Android didn’t paintings on account of (Google’s) restrictions.”
The court papers show that Amazon told Indian investigators the creation of Fire OS, as a forked Android, took “considerable sources”, including thousands of employee hours.
Google is arguing in India’s Supreme Court against any penalty and saying that it did not abuse its market position. The CCI wants Google to comply with all its directives, the watchdog said in a separate filing seen by Reuters. Google’s latest SC filing shows its deepening disagreement with how the CCI conducted its Android investigation.
What CCI ruling asked Google to do
In October 2022, CCI imposed a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store policies, apart from issuing a cease-and-desist order. The commission also directed Google to modify its conduct within a defined timeline. This was followed by another Rs 1363 crore penalty.
The company was asked to allow modified versions of its Android operating system, called Android forks, to be distributed without any licensing restrictions such as those related to the pre-installation of Google apps.
Google has made some big changes to its Android business model in India following the CCI’s directive. A lower tribunal earlier ruled that Google should pay the penalty and confirmed it abused its market position, in line with CCI’s findings, but the US company continues to fight it out in the Supreme Court.
In an earlier December filing in a lower tribunal, Google reportedly said that CCI officers had “copypasted” portions of a European ruling in opposition to the USA company in a identical case. CCI denied the allegation.