Google to Challenge Russia's Antitrust Ruling On Android Pre-Installs

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Those Android Apps that are pre-installed caught the attention of Russia's regulators and Google has said it'll challenge the ruling.

Google will contest in court a ruling by Russia's antitrust agency that it broke competition law by abusing its dominant position with its Android mobile platform, the U.S. technology company said on Tuesday.

Russia's competition watchdog ruled in September that Google had broken the law by requiring pre-installation of certain applications on mobile devices running on Android.

"We intend to contest this decision and explain in court why we consider it unfounded," Google said in its official Russian blog. Google to Challenge Russia's Antitrust Ruling On Android Pre-Installs [reuters.com]