Apart from imposing a monetary penalty, the CCI had also directed Google to cease and desist from participating in anti-competitive practices and directed it to modify its conduct within a defined timeline.
The Commission examined various practices of Google in relation to licensing of the Android mobile operating system and several of its mobile applications such as the Play Store, Google Search, Google Chrome, YouTube etc.
Based on its assessment, the Commission found Google to be dominant in all the relevant markets.
The competition watchdog said that Google's multiple agreements governing the rights and obligations of smart device OEMs result in a significant competitive to the US tech giant.
The underlying objective of Google in imposing various restrictions the agreements was to protect and strengthen its dominant position in general search services, and thus, its revenues via search advertisements, the Commission concluded.
It added that the markets should be allowed to compete on merits and the onus was on the dominant players to show that its conduct does not impinge this competition on merits.
"By virtue of the agreements discussed above, Google ensured that users continue to use its search services on mobile devices which facilitated un-interrupted growth of advertisement revenue for Google," it had held.
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