New Delhi: Google has become the first company to leverage India’s newly developed settlement framework ₹The supervisory body said in a statement that Rs 20 crore accused of anti-competitive behavior in the smart TV market in order to resolve the antitrust investigation by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
The resolution marked a major shift in the regulatory landscape and forced the tech giant to unravel its gaming stores and playback services on Android TV in the country.
The technology giant’s agreement with smart TV manufacturers violated Indian competition law, the first report Google has filed for an antitrust case that violated Indian competition law, making it the first company to invoke a brand new settlement route enacted in 2023.
Under the settlement agreement, Google must pay the settlement amount ₹After the 15% discount that comes with the plan, there is 200 million.
Queries were emailed to Google on Monday, seeking comments about the story until release time.
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The gist of the allegations against Google LLC, Google India Private Limited and the other two is that Google abused its dominance by enforcing restrictive agreements against original equipment manufacturers (OEMS), including mandatory bundling with Android TV operating systems, and through its anti-competitive approach or by creating competitors protests against Android Mansions.
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In a statement Monday, CCI said its investigation found that Google’s agreement – the Television App Distribution Agreement (TADA) and the Android Compatibility Commitment (ACC) – had been enforced, allegedly imposed unfair terms requiring its full App Bundle Google TV service to be pre-installed to prevent TV manufacturers from developing or using Android Forks and using Android Forks and Hinsovering Insovering Insovation and Hinderering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation and Hindering Insovation.
Objection, suggestion
The regulator said it invited 45 political parties to object and suggestions on Google’s settlement app.
“The committee considered the settlement proposal and observed that under the ‘New India Agreement’, Google will provide an independent license to Android Smart TV in India with independent Play Store and Play Services, eliminating the requirement to bundle these services or implement default placement conditions,” CCI said.
“By abandoning the effective ACC for Indian devices that do not include Google Apps, OEMs can now sell and develop incompatible Android devices without violating TADA,” CCI said.
The competition regulator said it agreed to the settlement recommendations given the documented material, the assessment of the settlement proposal and the nature, gravity and impact of the alleged violations.
“The final settlement amount is after applying the 15% settlement discount ₹202.4 million,” CCI said.
