India’s competitors regulator stated on Thursday it has fined Alphabet Inc’s Google 13.38 billion Indian rupees ($161.95 million) for anti-competitive practices associated to Android cellular units.
The Competitors Fee of India (CCI) additionally ordered Google to not supply any incentives to smartphone makers for solely carrying its search companies.
Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Google is dealing with a sequence of antitrust circumstances in India and stricter tech-sector rules. India’s competitors watchdog can be trying into Google’s enterprise conduct within the sensible TVs market and its in-app funds system.
Google’s Android working system powers 97% of India’s 600 million smartphones, in accordance with Counterpoint Analysis.