Jul 18. 2013 by Henk-Jan Buist
18 jul. 2013 by Henk-Jan Buist
News – Google not guilty of unfair competition by linking to Android, its own search engine finds the South Korean trade commission
South Korean companies complain that Google pulls for themselves by offering on Android, the own service but the KFTC (the Trade Commission of South Korea) which addressed the complaints, this is unfounded. Competitors fear to lose it, because ninety percent of users have an Android device and thus usually used Google.
the mobile battlesearch engine market share stable
Competitive service providers complain that Google’s free market harm by requiring on Android devices. Google services But the KFTC opposite Yonhap news agency says that Google’s market share in the country has remained at 10 percent, while search portal Naver – one of the complaining providers-a share of more than 70 percent have held
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The Committee proposes that these low figures Google can not be accused. anticompetatief of behavior In addition you will trade committee that users are perfectly capable to use on Android. Alternative products Android users can simply switch to Naver or another search engine.
European complaint about dominance
Lobby Organization Fair Search, a group that includes Microsoft and Oracle part of it, has a similar complaint with the European Commission. The organization states that Google makes abuse of its market dominance with Android. The percentage of Android smartphones is about 20 percent lower in Europe than in South Korea.
The EC currently has no formal antitrust investigation into Google’s use of Android running. The question is how much coercion Google actually put on Android manufacturers to link. Google services Producers who use Android for example need to connect now. Google Apps It is unclear to what extent this example applies to members of the Open Handset Alliance.
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