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(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc ( GOOGL.O ) Google is expected to be fined a record 4.3 billion euros ($ 5.00 billion) by the United States. European Union on its Android system, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference at the European Commission Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 4 October 2017. REUTERS / Francois Lenoir / Photo File
Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, presented Tuesday night for a meeting, Bloomberg reported bloom.bg/2zL6sG citing a source.
The EU antitrust authority accused Google of using its dominant Android to marginalize rivals after a three-year investigation – considered the most important of the three European cases against the engine of most popular internet search in the world.
Google was not immediately available to comment.
Vestager will hold a press conference at 11:00 GMT, announced the European Commission, where she is expected to announce a record fine against Google.
The Commission stated that Vestager would speak in an antitrust case, but did not provide details.
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