Russian Federation Tells Google To Correct Contracts With Mobile Manufacturers

Yandex, which generally holds a little more than 60 percentage of search engine marketplace for computer in Russian Federation, saw bulky financial damages if Google chose to put as duck and just google search on Android equipment itself online search engine.

Google Russia’s press office has not yet responded to the regulator’s demands.

Google Russian Federation has not commented on the order. Now, more than almost 8 months later after the complaint was filed Russia’s FAS has given Google a deadline to meet the requirements they’ve set forth which includes fixing all the violations they’re being accused of.

After being found guilty of abusing its dominant market position in Russian Federation last month, Google is now being ordered to make a few changes. Their complaint is that Google can not have a rule requiring Google be the default (and only) search engine on devices that ship with the Play Store.

Technology experts see this ruling as a big win for Yandex. It wants those partners to be able to include apps that aren’t made by Google, rather than featuring its own apps and driving people toward those services. The company is integrating data from several apps and it aiming at making Google Now as the quick access platform for users to get data which matters. “Our position is strong and we intend to defend it in case of appeal at any level”.

The FAS anti-monopoly body said Google must correct its contracts with manufacturers after ruling in September that the software giant had broken the law by pre-installing certain applications on mobile devices. “This view is shared by a number of companies outside of Russian Federation”.

Google could still face an administrative penalty of up to 15 percent of its 2014 revenue from this part of the market.