GOOGLE CCI PROBE
NCLAT defers hearing on Google's Play Store billing policy to July 5 Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), Indian Digital Media Industry Foundation, People Interactive India which operates Shaadi.com, and Mebigo Labs which operates Kuku FM have filed petitions before the NCLAT against Play Store billing ...
24 May, 2024, 05.08 PM ISTCCI conducting enquiries against some fintech entities: Chairperson Kaur CCI Chairperson Ravneet Kaur disclosed ongoing investigations into fintech entities to examine their technology leveraging impact on competition, emphasizing the regulator's commitment to ensuring a competitive digital market. With an eye on big tec...
27 Mar, 2024, 02.35 PM ISTSearching for Google: Will legal hurdles threaten tech giant’s grip on India? Having met regulatory challenges globally, Google is now facing run-ins with the Indian govt on several fronts.
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SC stays govt’s fact-check unit; no CCI relief for Indian internet firms The apex court has put on hold the Centre's notification on setting up a fact-checking unit. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
21 Mar, 2024, 07.05 PM ISTCCI refuses to restrain Google from charging service fee CCI also said the informants haven't been able to "demonstrate as to how the impugned conduct would result in irreparable harm that cannot be remedied through monetary compensation". "The commission is also not persuaded that the balance of convenie...
21 Mar, 2024, 12.05 AM ISTView: Big tech, don't be a big brother Google's Play Store billing policies face CCI investigation for potential Competition Act violations, concerning app developers' resources and market dominance. The case underscores the need for fair competition and innovation in the digital marketp...
20 Mar, 2024, 10.57 PM ISTCCI orders probe in to Google’s Play Store billing policies In a 21-page order, antitrust regulator Competition Commission of India said that prima facie, Google has violated provisions of the Competition Act, which warrants a detailed probe into the matter.
15 Mar, 2024, 08.42 PM ISTPaytm moves PoS terminals to RBL Bank; CCI orders probe on Google Paytm’s point of sale (PoS) terminals for processing card payments are being moved to RBL Bank. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
15 Mar, 2024, 08.14 PM ISTFlipkart eyes quick-commerce entry; No point Googling ‘swadeshi’ Flipkart has been working to cut down the timeline of its deliveries across categories for some time now. The firm rolled out same-day delivery of products across several categories at no extra cost from February.
07 Mar, 2024, 08.15 PM ISTCCI to firm up rules for leniency-plus regime: Chairperson Ravneet Kaur The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is proposing a new "leniency-plus" regime that would allow companies under investigation for cartelisation to reduce penalties by disclosing information about other cartels. The regulator plans to seek stake...
11 Oct, 2023, 12.20 AM ISTCCI probing Google, Apple for unfair business practices: chairperson Ravneet Kaur The watchdog had ordered detailed investigations against Google with respect to its alleged abuse of dominance in the smart television segment and in the news content space. Further, the regulator had ordered an investigation against Apple for alleg...
10 Oct, 2023, 06.31 PM ISTDraft norms issued for companies to settle anti-competition charges The draft regulations come at a time when some of the large technology players, including Google, Apple and Facebook, face probes by the competition regulator for possible abuse of fair trade rules. The CCI had slapped a fine of ₹1,337 crore on Goog...
24 Aug, 2023, 12.33 AM ISTAndroid case: SC to hear pleas of Google, CCI related to Rs 1,338-crore fine on July 14 A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took up the appeals and adjourned the hearing to next Friday after taking note of the submissions that senior advocate Harish Salve, representing one of the parties, was unav...
07 Jul, 2023, 05.07 PM ISTCCI sided with Amazon in verdict, alleges Google; GoM, states divided over GST on online gaming Tech giant Google has alleged that the Competition Commission of India sided with rival Amazon after the latter said Google's restrictions were a cause of the failure of its modified Android System FireOS. Google, however, said FireOS foundered due ...
06 Jul, 2023, 07.40 PM ISTGoogle accuses CCI of protecting Amazon in Android probe Google has told the Supreme Court that the Competition Commission of India relied on “unreliable and uncorroborated” statements from Amazon to pass orders against it for abuse of dominance in the Android market space.
06 Jul, 2023, 06.56 PM ISTCCI reviewing probe report on Apple app store billing policy The CCI may ask the iPhone company to make changes to its app store billing and commission policies, as it has done in the case of Google, experts said. That would require Apple to open the 'walled garden', its closely guarded iOS operating system, ...
21 Jun, 2023, 06.01 AM ISTCCI probes Google's user choice billing system The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday issued an order stating "it is of the opinion that an inquiry needs to be made."
13 May, 2023, 09.07 AM ISTETtech Explainer: will Apple meet the same fate as Google in CCI probe? Apple may find itself in trouble as the Competition Commission of India (CCI) is close to completing its investigation into the app store and billing policies of the tech giant
15 Feb, 2023, 05.22 PM IST10,000 pages, a team of IIT professors & a Rs 1,300-crore fine for Google A special investigation team from the CCI that probed the case also relied on technical help from faculties at IITs of Delhi, Bombay and Madras, given the complicated technical nature of the case.
05 Nov, 2022, 02.02 PM ISTCCI keen to pass a verdict on the Google probe soon The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been holding depositions from stakeholders such as the Alliance of Digital India Federation (ADIF), Match group (owner of large dating sites such as Tinder) and several other app companies in India.
05 Sep, 2022, 06.00 AM IST