EU Antitrust accuses Google, “abuse of dominance” – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

Economy

18:13 April 15, 2015

(AGI) – San Francisco, April 15 – Google criticizes the EU which has accused of abuse of dominant position its online search engine. “Even if Google can ‘be search engine more’ used – supports the US company on its website blog – now people can ‘find and access information in many different ways, so the allegations of harm consumers and competitors are wide. ” “We strongly disagree”, writes today the vice president of Google, Amit Singhal, blog. “We are eager to explain our reasons in the coming weeks,” says Singhal, explaining in a lengthy statement that there are already ‘”many ways to access information” online despite Google is the first search engine of the web. “We have shown that the allegations of harm to consumers and competitors are not correct,” added the senior executive of Google. In addition to the ‘Statement of objection’ on charges of “abuse of dominance in the search market on the internet,” the EU Antitrust then opened a formal investigation on the Android OS. Here again the company responds with a post attributed to Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice president of Engineering of Android. “Not only Google has obtained benefits from the success of Android – explains – The Android model has allowed manufacturers to compete with their own innovations.
Developers can reach a greater audience and build solid business. And consumers now have a unprecedented choice and affordable than ever content. We look forward to discussing these issues more ‘in detail with the European Commission in the coming months. ” (AGI).