The EU will open a new front against Google, this time by the Android system – the Tribuna.hn

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | The European Commission would be to open a new front against the US giant Google, this time for its Android operating system, which accounts for over 80% global market share, according questioned Tuesday by AFP sources.

the Commissioner in charge of competition issues, the Danish Margrethe Vestager, “should make an announcement on Wednesday” on Android, considered a source close to the investigation said.

the Commission I wanted to comment on the issue.

Vestager announced a year that began a investgiación to determine whether Google violated the European competition rules with its operating system used on phones and tablets committing any abuse of dominant position and limiting ago and access to the market for operating systems of its competitors.

on Wednesday the Commission should communicate to Google their charges, according to two sources close to the investigation.

in the case of that the Commission confirm these allegations could inflict on Google a fine of up to 10% of its turnover.

on Monday, Vestager said in a speech in Amsterdam that regulators “should ensure that large companies do not try to protect restricting innovation. “

” that’s why we look closely contracts Google with handset manufacturers and operators that use the Android operating system, “he said.

the US company then questioned by AFP, said that “everyone can use Android, with or without Google applications. Handset manufacturers and operators can decide how to use Android and consumers have the last word on the applications they want to use. “

A year ago, when he announced the opening of an investigation into the Android system, the Commission accused Google of abusing its dominant position with its search engine.

the Commission criticized Google to bring out their own service pages price comparison sites or estpecializados in travel in your engine search detriment of the search engines of its competitors such as Microsoft’s Bing.

Google considered late August “false” allegations of the Commission, which has not yet announced its final decision.

in this case the company could also be fined up to 10% of its turnover, which represents the astronomical figure of 7.400 million. The company reported 2015 sales of 74,500 million dollars.

In a landmark case in 2013, the Commission fined Microsoft 634 million dollars for not allowing users to choose an alternative browser that proposed by the company.