Android case: Google says India antitrust body ‘protecting’ Amazon
Google has accused India’s antitrust body of ordering changes to its business model only to protect its rival Amazon, Reuters has reported. Google has reached out to India's Supreme Court to quash the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) October order, which asked the company to make 10 changes to its business model. Google’s recent filings show their disagreement with the way CCI conducted their investigation. Amazon had earlier complained of challenges in developing its Android system due to Google’s restrictions in the country. Google has recently been under scrutiny by the Indian antitrust body due to its dominance over the Indian Android market. During the CCI investigation, Amazon brought up that Google's restrictions challenged the development of its Android fork called Fire OS, and Google said the watchdog unfairly relied on that in passing its adverse decision against it. In the October order, Google was fined $163 million and was asked to allow modified versions of its Android operating system, called Android forks, to be liberally distributed without any licensing restrictions. exchange4media reached out to both Google and Amazon for their comments. Google said that due to court proceedings, they wouldn’t be able to comment. Amazon, too, said it did not have any comments on the development.
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