ã€Global Technology Reporter Zhang Zhiying】 EU anti-monopoly case against Google has been difficult to solve for seven years. According to today’s latest news, BT, the largest telecommunications operator in the UK, has sent a letter to the European Commission to announce support for Google’s anti-monopoly case against the Android system. It is not yet clear why BT decided to send a letter publicly indicating its position in this case, but it is the largest operator in the UK, so its statement may not be without cause.
The dispute in this anti-monopoly case lies in the fact that the European Commission believes that Google uses its Android system to dominate the market and promote its own applications and services, such as Google search, YouTube, and Google Maps. Although anyone can freely use Android, manufacturers who want to access the Google Play Store (of which there are approximately 2.6 million App applications) must sign a Mobile Application Distribution Agreement and prioritize Google’s applications. program.
In spite of this, British Telecom BT mentioned in its letter to the European Union that manufacturers can still pre-install apps developed by independent vendors or competing service providers such as Microsoft. According to Reuters, BT stated that the operator "pre-installs Google Apps and can freely preset itself or third-party applications on the device."
Another argument in this case is that if manufacturers want to preload Google Apps, they must sign the Anti-Fragmentation Agreement, but Google claims that this will ensure that App applications can run on a wide range of Android devices. Google’s general counsel, Kent Walker, once wrote in a blog that “this balance can stimulate competition between Android devices and between Android and Apple iPhone.â€
In this regard, a BT spokesperson also told Reuters, “As an application provider, we value the stability and compatibility of the systems we are running, whether they are 'open source' or 'source'.
The entanglements between Google and the EU first began in 2010, seven years ago, when the European Union announced its anti-monopoly investigation of Google's advertising business because of Google’s agreement with some websites to exclude non-Google advertising services. Since then, the European Union and Google have conducted several rounds of "tricks" in the anti-monopoly issues of search engine rankings, Android, and taxation.
In the past seven years, Google submitted the settlement agreement to the EU three times and hoped to reach a settlement, but all ended in failure.
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