EU slaps Google with record $5 billion fine for antitrust violations EU, 구글에 독점 금지 위반으로 50억불 기록적인 벌금 부과 철퇴

EU slaps Google with record $5 billion fine for antitrust violations

Published time: 18 Jul, 2018 

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European regulators have hit Google with a €4.3 billion ($5 billion) antitrust fine for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system. It's the highest anti-competition penalty ever imposed on a company by the EU.

The fine was announced on Wednesday after the EU found the US company guilty of using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals.

Google faces record $5 billion EU fine for Android antitrust violations/Discovery

EU, 구글에 독점 금지 위반으로 50억불 기록적인 벌금 부과 철퇴

유럽의 규제 당국은 구글의 안드로이드 모바일 운영 체제의 지배력을 남용한 혐의로 43억유로의 독점 금지 벌금을 부과했다. 이것은 EU에 의해 회사에 부과된 가장 높은 기록적인 벌금이다.

이 벌금은 EU가 이 미국 회사들이 경쟁자들을 막기 위해 안드로이드 운영 체제를 사용한 것에 대해 유죄 판결을 내린 후 수요일에 발표되었다.

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Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

Google's Android operating system is the world’s most popular mobile software system, and is installed on more than 80 percent of smartphones globally. The EU said that Google must make competition fairer and allow smaller players to earn. 

The penalty from the European Commission is the highest antitrust violation fine that has ever been imposed on a company for breaching EU competition rules. The EU ordered Google to end the illegal conduct within 90 days or face additional penalties of up to 5 percent.

   

The previous record was a €2.4 billion penalty on Google for manipulating search results to promote its own price comparison services over those from competitors.

Shares in Google’s parent company Alphabet slid more than one percent in US premarket trading.

The European Commission continues the investigation on a third Google antitrust case. Competition authorities have said Google could have used its AdSense advertising service to thwart rivals. Google is accused of blocking rivals in online search advertising.

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