As India develops into a global tech powerhouse that currently hosts the second largest internet market. Global tech giants have been flocking into the market to capitalize on the opportunity.
Google is no exception, over the last decade antitrust lawmakers from various countries have been coming to grips with the search engine giant’s presence.
The latest setback came from India’s the Competition Commission of India. They basically control the complex world of business competitive dynamics within the country. To maintain some level of sanity among competitors who will do anything to win.
In the probe, they are accusing the Android maker of reducing local device makers’ capability of producing phones that run alternate versions of android. Additionally, they found a problem with the fact that Google recommends their apps to come preinstalled with the mobile operating system.
Another area of suspicion comes around the handling of Google’s play store laws which looks like a bit grey area where they can muddle with the rules to suit their agenda. It will be interesting to see how they will maneuver their way out of the mounting lawsuits.
As countries start to improve their local technology infrastructure that can compete with global companies, look to see the competitiveness of these “uber” companies weaken.
