Google gets stopping and giving up antitanopoly antitapering over unfair practice

The Japanese Commission on Fair Trade (JFTC) on Tuesday made a termination and refusal against Google For an unfair trading practice regarding search services on Android -devil

In A statementThe commission stated that the US technological giant violated Japan’s antitrust law, demanding Android manufacturers to prioritize their own search applications and services through licensing agreements.

While Google develops Android operating system, individual manufacturing companies such as Samsung and Lenovo Apply pocket android products such as smartphones and tablets. Thus, licensed agreements are required to provide these manufacturers for a pre -installation of Google Apps, including its gaming store, to the devices.

However, JFTC said Google also used licenses to demand from the manufacturers pre -install and noticeably submit Google and Chrome search on the device, at least six such agreements that act with Android manufacturers as of December 2024.

The commission added that the company demanded that manufacturers exclude competitive search services as a condition for its income exchange model.

According to Trade on restrictive conditions This unfairly hinders the business activity of transactions.

JFTC first published the beginning of its probe on Google on October 23, 2023, and in April 2024 this Approved obligation plan From Google, who has addressed some of its anti-component problems.

The procedure for termination and refusal demonstrates a more complex position occupied by the Japanese government, as well as its first such action against the American technological giant.

This step is also going against the backdrop of anti-Channel action against Google worldwide. According to JFTC, he agreed on his probe with other foreign watchdogs that had experience in Google Study.

In a landmark case last year, US Federal Judge Recorded that Google held an illegal monopoly on the search market, saying that its exclusive search mechanisms on Android and Apple’s The iPhone helped to secure its dominance in space.

Meanwhile, watchdog about the UK competition opened the investigation At Google search services in January after implementing the country’s new competition rules.

JFTC orders stop and give up Google to stop setting its own services noticeably on smartphones.

In addition, the company must mitigate its restrictive conditions for advertising income, which allows manufacturers to choose from different options.

Google also suggested appointing an independent third party that will report JFTC about its termination and refusal over the next five years.