ETtech Explainer: Why did Google delist popular Indian apps like Naukri, Shaadi, others?Indian internet founders are calling for government intervention in reaction to Google's move to delist several of these apps without warni...
02 Mar, 2024, 06.40 PM IST
App delisting cannot be permitted: Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Google-Indian startups rowThe government opposes Google's removal of Indian apps from the Play Store and emphasizes the importance of the startup ecosystem to the In...
02 Mar, 2024, 05.00 PM IST
Supreme Court to decide Google-CCI dispute finally on April 30Google has challenged a part of the NCLAT’s March 29 order that upheld the Rs 1,337-crore fine imposed on it, and also quashing of six of t...
22 Jan, 2024, 10.00 PM IST
Google Lens on India: Steps the tech giant is taking to cement its position in the countryThe tech giant is currently in a prolonged battle with New Delhi on various issues. ET finds out if an array of recent announcements, such ...
29 Oct, 2023, 08.54 AM IST
Why India needs a policy for fair revenue-sharing between Big Tech and digital publishersThere is no legislation or policy in India for fair revenue-sharing with digital publishers; however, the government is looking into it. At...
13 Jul, 2023, 01.10 AM IST
Madras HC restrains Google from ejecting Bharat Matrimony app from Play Store till June 1Matrimony.com, which runs the Bharat Matrimony platform, had sought relief from the court arguing that Google would delist its app from the...
27 Apr, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
CCI's resource woes: India's antitrust agency squeezed by staff vacancies, workloadThe Competition Commission of India, which has imposed million dollar penalties on Alphabet Inc.’s Google to Amazon.com Inc., is functionin...
09 Mar, 2023, 10.21 PM IST
Facing the Googly: Google announced changes to its app store policies but will these benefit users?Google has announced changes to its app store policies following a rap on the knuckles from India’s antitrust regulator. Will these benefit...
12 Feb, 2023, 06.11 AM IST
Google reviewing CCI penalty order and evaluating next stepsCCI imposed a penalty of Rs 1337.76 crore ($ 162 million) on Google, citing “abuse of dominant position” laid down about a dozen measures r...
22 Oct, 2022, 06.11 AM IST
CCI probe finds Google’s Play Store billing guidelines ‘unfair’ and ‘discriminatory’In addition, the regulator also examined allegations that Google used ‘‘search manipulation’ to push Google Pay. CCI has directed the Reser...
31 Mar, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Apple seeks dismissal of India apps market antitrust case, cites tiny market shareApple denied the allegations in its filing to the CCI and stressed that its market share in India is an "insignificant" 0-5%, while Google ...
20 Dec, 2021, 07.20 AM IST
Apple seeks dismissal of India apps market antitrust case, cites tiny market shareThe filing was made after the Competition Commission of India (CCI) started reviewing allegations that Apple hurts competition by forcing a...
19 Dec, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
Google’s app billing rules under fire; Zostel asks Sebi to suspend Oyo's IPOAn Industry body has asked India’s competition regulator to put on hold Google’s tweaks to its Play Store payment rules, which require deve...
11 Oct, 2021, 08.22 PM IST
Delhi High Court to hear WhatsApp pleas against IT rules, CCI probe on August 27The Delhi HIgh Court allowed requests made by counsels appearing for the Union of India and CCI seeking for a week’s accommodation in both ...
30 Jul, 2021, 01.28 PM IST
Can CCI be more agile like its EU and US counterparts in disposing of cases?The recommendations made by the Competition Law Review Committee could make the CCI more effective.
25 Nov, 2019, 09.59 AM IST
Startups say fine will end Google’s ‘stranglehold’While the CCI order said Google abused its dominant position on three counts that largely relate to search, it found no foul play in the ca...
10 Feb, 2018, 08.09 AM IST
CCI charges Google with rigging search results; Flipkart, Facebook corroborate complaintsThe initial complaints were filed by Bharat Matrimony and a Jaipur-based not-for-profit, Consumer Unity and Trust Society.
31 Aug, 2015, 10.39 AM IST