Google will receive a record penalty from the European Commission – the media

The European Commission believes that the company is able to place its ads in more applications for smartphones than any other competitor

The European Commission will announce this week a fine for Google in the antitrust case related to the Android operating system. According to Euractiv, a little over a year ago, the commission fined Google $ 2.4 billion for abuse of dominant position in the search engine market.

Broad coverage of the Android case.

The Android solution is the largest of the three anti-monopoly cases against Google, the magazine said. The European Commission believes that the company is able to place its ads in more applications than any other competitor.

High payments to application developers, as well as deep links with millions of advertisers, have made Google a major player. The source of revenue for many applications is considered by the commission, since its Google Play account represents more than 90% of downloaded applications on Android devices in Europe.

Google denies the allegations, stating that the search with Google Play allows it to offer it for free. Atm entire promotional package and smartphone users get a wide choice.

reported earlier that the new Android virus has attacked half a million gadgets. Malware is integrated in several popular applications.

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