Google faces new EU complaint over Android

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Google faces new EU complaint over Android
EU competition regulators have received a formal complaint about Google's Android operating system from Fairsearch Europe, a group of Google competitors which includes companies such as Nokia, Microsoft and Oracle, reports the New York Times. It accuses Google of using the Android software "as a deceptive way to build advantages for key Google apps in 70 percent of the smartphones shipped today," said Thomas Vinje, the lead lawyer for Fairsearch Europe. 

EU commissioner for competition Joaquin Almunia declined to comment on the new complaint but said officials had been examining the Android OS independently of the two-year inquiry into whether Google had abused its dominance in the internet search market. Almunia also said that he was receiving proposals this week from Google to clear up concerns about its search practices, and that he hoped they would make it easier for internet users to identify when Google was promoting its own services rather than those of competitors who might offer better results.


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