Designed by India’s premier institute, IIT Madras, funded by Indian Government, developed by JandK Operations Private Limited (JandKops), free and open-source, is getting an alternative to the most dominant mobile operating systems of Android and iOS. An operating system, that boasts of complete privacy, with...
Tag: Competition Commission of India
Google to appeal Competition Commission of India’s fine
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
December 27, 2022
Google has decided to appeal Competition Commission of India’s fine over ‘unfair’ business practices on Android. Google was fined $113.60 million by Competition Commission of India in relation with Play Store policies in October 2022. The Competition Commission of India found Google requiring device manufacturers...
Google starts third-party billing with Spotify and Bumble
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 11, 2022
Google starts third-party billing in play store with Spotify and Bumble’s users as the chosen ones for the pilot testing. It hasn’t been a secret that Google and Apple have long been restricting their App developers to use only their own payment gateways for any...
Google fined $113.60 million by Competition Commission of India in relation with Play Store policies – 2nd time in a month
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
October 25, 2022
The Competition Commission of India, for the second time within a month, has fined Google, for abusing its dominant position, this time with respect to its Play Store policies. Only last week, the Indian competition watchdog had fined Google $161.95 million with respect to its...
Google fined $161.95 million by Competition Commission of India in relation with Android mobile devices
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
October 23, 2022
The Competition Commission of India (Commission) has imposed a penalty of Rs.1337.76 crore ($161.95 million) on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android Mobile device ecosystem, apart from issuing cease and desist order. In April 2019, the regulator ordered a...