EU charges Google with winning Android market

The European Union charged Google Wednesday with abusing a widespread position of a Android mobile handling system, opening a second front opposite a U.S. record hulk that could lead to vast fines.

The stakes are aloft for Google in a Android box as it done about $11 billion final year from promotion sales on Android phones by a apps such as Maps, Search and Gmail, according to estimates by financial researcher Richard Windsor.

The Commission alleges Google has breached EU antitrust manners by creation phone manufacturers pre-install a hunt duty and Chrome browser, and by preventing them from offered mobiles using competing handling systems formed on a Android open source code.

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