A German regulator has told Google that its connected car package may violate antitrust rules. The Federal Cartel Office said in a letter to the tech giant that the package offered to automakers by Google Automotive Services may harm competition by bundling together the company’s maps, app store and voice assistant,...
Google is once again facing allegations that its ad business constitutes a monopoly. The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday (June 14) announced that a preliminary investigation suggests that the tech giant abused its dominance in the online advertising space by favoring its own advertising technology...
An Indian regulator has reportedly begun an antitrust investigation into Google. The inquiry by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) centers on a service fee Google charges for payments made in apps, Reuters reported Friday (May 12), citing a document it has seen that has...
Microsoft has reportedly told European Union officials that it’s willing to charge for Teams. The offer is meant to address the concerns of the EU’s competition regulator and help the company avoid an antitrust investigation, Reuters reported Thursday (May 4), citing unnamed sources. Reached for...
A United Kingdom regulator’s investigation of Apple has been halted. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had decided to investigate the supply of mobile browsers and browser engines and the distribution of cloud gaming services through app stores on mobile devices in the U.K. Apple applied to...
A federal investigation targeting Apple is reportedly escalating amid a wave of corporate antitrust actions. While the U.S. Justice Department probe into the iPhone maker is a few years old, it has in recent months seen an escalation, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Feb. 15), citing...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly considering an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Feb. 3) that it is not known what part of the company’s operations would be targeted but that the FTC has been looking for years...
The German competition watchdog has announced antitrust investigations against PayPal. In a statement on Monday (Jan. 23), the Bundeskartellamt (BKartA) said it is probing the payment company over potentially anticompetitive terms in its user agreement applicable in Germany. Under PayPal’s terms, BKartA said that merchants...
The Department of Justice says Google has illegally seized control of the online ad sector. The solution, the department (DOJ) said in an antitrust lawsuit filed Tuesday (Jan. 24), is for a court to order the break-up of the digital search giant. “Having inserted itself...