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EU decision in Google’s Android antitrust case expected in July

The European Commission may announce its decision in its antitrust action involving Google’s Android software in July. The European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, accused the search and mobile software giant of forcing phone makers to install its apps in return for access to Google’s Play Store in 2016. Sources close to the probe told Politico that an announcement might …

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ZTE will reportedly pay total of $1.7B to lift US Commerce Department ban

Embattled Chinese telecommunications manufacturer ZTE may be alive after all.  The company has agreed in principle to a settlement that would lift the Commerce Department ban preventing US companies from doing business with ZTE, according to a Reuters tweet on Tuesday. In exchange, ZTE would have to pay a total of $1.7 billion in penalties, according to the the report. The …

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