Regulators began looking into the matter after the European Union brought charges against Google for anticompetitive behaviour earlier this year. Regulators began looking into the matter after the European Union brought charges against Google for anti-competitive behaviour earlier this year. Photo: ReutersSeoul: South Korea’s antitrust regulator inspected Google’s Seoul headquarters to investigate whether the firm is engaged in anti-competitive behaviour over its Android operating system, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. In 2013, the KFTC cleared Google of wrongdoing after a two-year investigation on whether the company hurt competition by forcing smartphone makers using Android to pre-load its search engine on the handsets. Yonhap, citing unnamed officials, said the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) made the inspection last week and was probing whether Google forced smartphone makers using Android on their devices to not sell products using other operating systems.

Source: Mint July 21, 2016 09:29 UTC