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Google agreed to pay a fine of 55 million US dollars (30.1 million euros) for the signing of antirectional agreements with the two largest telecommunication companies in Australia, which banned the installation of competitive search engines on some smartphones.
The Australian Competition Committee and consumers stated in his statement that he initiated a trial on Monday in the Federal Court of Australia against the Google Asia Pacific department based on Singapore. The court will decide whether there is a fine of 50 million US dollars (27.9 million euros).
The restriction of competition is illegal in Australia
In the context of anti-antagonistic agreements that operated for 15 months by March 2021, Telstra and Optus previously established only Google search search On Android phones are sold to customers. Other search engines were excluded. In return Telecommunication companies They received a share in Google’s advertising from these customers.
The Committee said that Google admitted that the agreements would probably lead to a “significant reduction in competition”.
Google also signed a court execution, which connects the company with the abolition of some restrictions on the search engine and default by default from its contracts with Android mobile phones and telecommunications agencies, the commission said.
The technological society stated in its statement: “We are glad to solve the problems of ACCC, which concerned the provisions that did not exist in our trade agreements for some time.”
Commissioner President Gina-Kass Gotlib said: “ACCC has nothing to do with the subject:“ The behavior that limits competition In Australia, this is illegal, because it usually means fewer options, higher costs or worst services for consumers. “
“It is important that these changes take place at a time when the tools for finding artificial intelligence revolutionize how we are looking for information, creating new competitors,” added Gotlib.
Last year, Telstra, Optus and their smaller competitor TPG agreed with the obligations to fulfill litigation in the commission that they would not extend or conclude similar agreements with Google to limit the search options.