Google slapped with $5 billion fine by EU for Android antitrust breach

European antitrust regulators have fined Google with euro fine for abusing its position in the smartphone market to increase the dominance of its search engine, European Commission announced in Wednesday. .   Google was ordered to stop the practice within 90 days or face further penalty payments of up to 5% of the average daily turnover of its parent company, Alphabet. ..   European regulators say Google has required manufacturers to pre-install Google Search app and Chrome as condition for licensing Google's Play Store.   The company also made payments to large manufacturers and mobile network operators order for them to exclusively pre-install Google Search app on their devices.   Finally, Google has prevented manufacturers wishing to pre-install Google apps from selling even mobile device running on alternative, non- Google-approved versions of Android, the regulators have found. .   European Commission points out that it deems these specific practices illegal, and does not question the source model or Android operating system as such...   In this way, Google has used Android as vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine.   The size of the fine, takes account of the duration and gravity of the infringement, claims European Commission..   It has been calculated on the basis of the value of Google's revenue from search advertising services on Android devices in EEA...   This is not the first antitrust-related fine EU has imposed on Google.   Read more