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FTC
officials have met with representatives of technology companies
who said Google gives priority to its own services on the
Android platform, while restricting others, Bloomberg reported,
citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters reported in April that some technology companies had
complained to the Department of Justice that the Android mobile
operating system is anti-competitive, urging the U.S. antitrust
enforcers to investigate allegations that Google unfairly uses
its Android system to win online advertising.
The FTC and the DoJ have reached an agreement for the FTC to
spearhead the investigation into Google's Android business, the
Bloomberg report said. The inquiry is in its early stages and
could end without a case against the company, the news agency
said.
Reuters could not immediately reach the FTC and Google for
comment outside regular U.S. business hours.
(This story corrects paragraph 4 to make clear that Bloomberg
said only the FTC, and not the FTC and the DoJ, are
investigating Google)
(Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Anupama
Dwivedi)
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