The Indian competition regulators order is a major setbacks for Indian consumers and businesses, and it is reviewing the decision to evaluate next steps.
The Competition Commission of India fined Google $161.9 million on Thursday for anti-competitive practices and ordered a number of remedies that could force the company to change its business strategies.
The cost of mobile devices for Indians is going to go up as a result of the regulators order, as well as serious security risks for Indians who trustAndroid's security features.
Industry analysts think that Google will challenge the order, but the company did not say what it would do.
The antitrust watchdog said in a statement Thursday that device manufacturers should not be forced to install Google's bouquet of apps and that the search giant should not deny access to its Play ServicesAPI and monetary and other incentives to vendors
India is the largest market for the internet search engine. According to Counterpoint, the majority of the country's 600 million mobile phones are powered by the Android operating system.
$10 billion will be invested in the South Asian market by 2020, according to a promise made by the company. Up to $5.5 billion has been funded in the local telecom giants.
The watchdog was looking into whether or not there was a dominant position in five different markets: licensable OS for phones, app store, web search services, non-OS specific mobile web browsers and online video hosting platform in India.
The regulator concluded that the market was dominated by the company.
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