Italy fines Google $120M for blocking rival's smartphone app

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Italy's anti-trust authority fines Google more than $120 million for shutting out a rival’s smartphone app offering recharging of electric vehicles

In this May 8, 2019 file photo, a sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.

The regulator added that it would require Google to make Enel X's app available on Android Auto, which mirrors features of an Android device, such as a smartphone, on a car dashboard screen. The fine of more than $120 million is for a violation of article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which regulates monopolies and issues involving restriction of competition.'Google favoured its own maps app'

 

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