Google Agrees to $36 Million Fine over Android Search Deals

Google agrees to $36 million fine over Android search deals

Australia's competition authority said it had launched proceedings in the Federal Court and jointly submitted with Google Asia Pacific that it should pay the fine.

Google Fined $36 Million Over Anticompetitive Search Engine Deals with Telcos in Australia

Google Fined $36M in Australia Over Anticompetitive Search Deals With Telecoms - Inside Towers

Google has agreed to pay a $36M fine for anticompetitive conduct linked to deals with Australian telecom giants Telstra and Optus, the country’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), announced. From December 2019 to March 2021, the agreements required Google Search to be exclusively pre-installed on Android devices sold by the carriers, blocking other search engines. In return, Telstra and Optus receiv…

Google Agrees to $36 Million Fine Over Anti-Competitive Android Search Engine Deals in Australia

Google has agreed to pay an Aus$55 million (US$36 million) fine for engaging in “anti-competitive” agreements to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two major Australian telecom firms, Telstra and Optus. Australia’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), announced on Monday that it had launched legal proceedings in the Federal Court, and both Google Asia Pacific and t…

Google to $36 million penalty for Android search deals in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia: Google has agreed to pay a A$55 million (US$35.8 million) fine in Australia after regulators found it stifled competition by paying Telstra and Optus to pre-install Google Search on Android devices, shutting out rival search engines. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the deals, in place between late 2019 and early 2021, included revenue-sharing arrangements from ad