The European Commission is already more than a year of investigation into abuse of power by the Google Android mobile operating system.
informal investigation would all walk fourteen months, but has intensified since late April when seventeen companies filed an official complaint about Android. Inter alia Microsoft and Nokia are part of this group of companies.
The Financial Timesknow based on documents report that providers and smartphone manufacturers have received from the European Commission in a questionnaire. In the 23-page survey asks questions about pre-installed services agreements with Google and the price of Android.
Google would be guilty by Android below cost to offer. abuse of power The mobile operating system which include HTC, Samsung and Sony use it, is free for manufacturers.
The search giant would also exert pressure with competing software to postpone or cancel the sale. smartphones Moreover, it is common that the European Commission will send questionnaires around after an official complaint.
Officially research
It remains unclear whether Europe will start an official investigation as to what happened after complaints about abuse of Google in the search engine. Around that case is now affected a settlement.
Android has in some European countries a market share of over 70 percent. Apple’s iOS is often around 15 to 20 percent which there remain only a few percent for Windows Phone, Blackberry and others.
By: NU.nl / Colin Angle
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