S.Korean antitrust agency fines Google $177 mln for abusing market dominance
SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google 207 billion won ($176.64 million), saying the U.S. technology giant abused its dominant market position to restrict competition in the mobile operating system (OS) market. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigated Google for allegedly preventing local smartphone makers […]
Italy fines Google $123 mln for abuse of dominant position
Italy’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Google (GOOGL.O) 102 million euros ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position due to its Android mobile operating system and app store Google Play.
