EU Demands Google Inc (GOOG) Do More to Settle Antitrust Case

The Commission has often taken a harder line with U.S. tech companies than its American counterparts, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department. Google, which is based in Mountain View, California, was able to settle a similar antitrust complaint on its search business with the FTC in January without making any major concessions on how it runs its search engine.

Almunia voiced confidence that the Google case can be resolved by year’s end, provided the company accepts the Commission’s new requests.

A settlement would remove the threat of a fine against Google and it would not constitute a legal acknowledgment of wrongdoing.

Separately, the Commission is also looking into a complaint that Google allegedly violated competition rules through its Android mobile phone operating system, but has not made a decision yet whether to open a formal investigation, Almunia said.

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