Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The Australian government announced Monday that Google must pay after having admitted to making monopolistic preinstallation deals with Android manufacturers.
An agreement, made in federal court between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Google, would see the U.S.-based tech company penalized for around $360 million. The court will ultimately decide if the penalty is appropriate.
The arrangement comes after Google LLC and its Google Asia Pacific regional entity confessed to making contractual arrangements with Android Original Equipment Manufacturers and Australian Mobile Network Operators in regard to the "preinstallation and placement of Google Search and the Chrome Browser Application on Android devices."
The ACCC considers such pledged provisions to be in violation of Section 45 of the Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010 which bans anti-competitive agreements.
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