The charges relate to the Android operating system. It will be the second offensive against the technology
It is expected that the European Commission approve on Wednesday charges against Google for violating the competition law with its mobile operating system Android, the second advance the journal Financial Times and sources who spoke to Reuters.
the approval of these charges will be the second attack in a few days by the European Union against the technology giant Google. Just last Friday the European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip accused Google of abusing its dominance in the field of search engines, asking for more transparency in this type of sites .
the new charges, according writes the Financial Times , are connected to the Android operating system and the fact that this bring some pre-installed applications, favoring the applications developed by Google itself.
“our concern is that, by forcing handset manufacturers and operators to preload a number of Google applications, instead of letting them decide for themselves to use applications, Google can cut one of the main ways of new applications reach to customers, “said Margrethe Vestager, European competition Commissioner, the Financial Times , adding that this practice could undermine innovation.
the charge is the first stage in the procedure the company suspected of anti-competitive practices. After that, the company can argue before the European Commission to justify the legality of their practices. If not convinced, writes the El País , you risk fines that can reach 10 percent of turnover.
The European Commission is to compare this case to brought against Microsoft’s almost four years in which the US technology eventually fined 1700 euros to include in your operating system its own Internet browser preinstalled, including Internet Explorer.
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