Google
is facing a European investigation into how it promoted the Android operating
system to smartphone manufacturers.
According
to documents seen by the Financial Times, the European Union's antitrust
investion has focused on allegations of anti-competitive deals being struck
between Google and smartphone providers.
The
specifics of the allegations apparently include offering Android
OS licenses at below cost and influencing smartphone manufacturers to cancel or
delay handset launches based on actions by other manufacturers.
The probe
is currently at a preliminary stage and hasn't been formallised into an
official investigation.
It is
also understood to be looking at the conditions that Google attaches to the OS
to permit the use of Google related services on the handsets, such as Gmail and
its maps service.
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