Google faces EU antitrust fine over Android case in July: sources


  • TECH
  • Friday, 08 Jun 2018

The Google Inc. logo sits illuminated on the company's exhibition stand at the Noah Technology Conference in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. The conference, one of the tech industry's premier events, was launched in 2009 and runs June 6-7. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

BRUSSELS: Google is expected to be hit with a second EU antitrust fine in mid-July for using its dominant Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals, three people familiar with the matter said.

The European Commission, which has been investigating the case involving the unit of Alphabet since 2015, could issue its decision in the week of July 9, although the timing might change.

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