Google settles Android TV case with Competitors Fee at Rs 20.24 cr

“The Fee thought-about the settlement proposal and noticed that underneath the ‘New India Settlement’, Google will present a standalone licence for the Play Retailer and Play Companies for Android sensible TVs in India, thereby eradicating the requirement to bundle these providers or impose default placement situations.

“Moreover, by waiving the necessity for a legitimate Android Compatibility Commitments (ACC) for units shipped into India that don’t embody Google apps, OEMs can now promote and develop incompatible Android units with out violating the Tv App Distribution Settlement (TADA),” the regulator mentioned in a launch on Monday.

Moreover, as a part of the settlement, Google has paid Rs 20.24 crore as settlement quantity.

The regulator additionally directed Google to implement the phrases of the settlement for a interval of 5 years and submit annual compliance stories by 15 April every year, masking the interval as much as 31 March of that yr.

The CCI mentioned, “If the Settlement Applicant fails to adjust to the order handed by the Fee or it involves the discover of the Fee that the Settlement Applicant has not made full and true disclosure in the course of the settlement proceedings or there was a fabric change within the information, the order handed underneath part 48 A (3) of the Act shall stand revoked and withdrawn”.

The 28-page majority order approving the settlement was handed by CCI chairperson Ravneet Kaur and two members — Sweta Kakkad and Deepak Anurag — whereas one other member, Anil Agarwal, handed a dissent order.