Google has been assessed to have a dominating position in the areas of licensable smartphone operating systems, app stores, online searches, video hosting platforms, and “non-OS specific” mobile web browsers by the regulator. The Competition Commission penalized Google $161.9 million last week after determining that it exploited Android’s dominance. It said that smartphone manufacturers should not be required to preinstall Google’s applications and that the corporation should not withhold Play Services APIs as well as monetary and other incentives from third parties.
Google purportedly controls 97 percent of the smartphone market in India, and Google Play is one of the most popular payment providers. In terms of user counts, India is the company’s main market.
