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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and agency

Google fails to overturn €4bn fine over Android bundling

Europe’s second-highest court largely upheld a ruling that Google would have to pay a fine of €4.34bn, but reduced it to €4.125bn
Europe’s second-highest court largely upheld a ruling that Google would have to pay a fine of €4.34bn, but reduced it to €4.125bn. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Google has failed to overturn a fine of more than €4bn (£3.5bn), imposed by the EU, for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals.

Europe’s second-highest court largely upheld the ruling on Wednesday, but reduced the fine from €4.34bn to €4.125bn. The EU’s competition commission has now imposed a total of €8.25bn in antitrust fines on the search engine, in three investigations stretching back more than a decade.

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