Finalfine · Antitrust (Competition Act, 2002)
CCI fines Google ₹1,337 crore over Android dominance
₹13.4B
≈ $161M at the time
Competition Commission of India
India · 2022
Status: Final
What happened
The Competition Commission of India fined Google for abusing Android's dominance through forced pre-installs and anti-forking restrictions on device makers.
How it affected users
Device and app choice was restricted for Indian users, and Google's services were locked in by default.
Status timeline
Oct 20, 2022
Penalty announced.
Sources
- Competition Commission of Indiaregulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "CCI fines Google ₹1,337 crore over Android dominance," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2022-10-20. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/google-india-android-2022/