The two major search engines of South Korea complaints Google recently
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South Korea's two biggest Internet search company NHN group and Communications Daum Friday local time request Korea antitrust regulators investigating whether Google search market restrictions on the movement of the competition.
NHN group and Communications to South Korea Daum fair trade commission complaint materials, submitted a lawsuit says Google stop support Android Korean mobile operators and intelligent mobile phone manufacturer installed other company's cell phone service, suppresses the market competition.
NHN group said in a statement that "through with major smartphone manufacturers achieve marketing agreement, Google limit rival search applications on mobile phones can be preinstalled."
Google says, South Korea fair trade commission has not yet and the company contact, but will fully cooperation, cooperate with investigations. Google in through a south Korean public relations company, said in a statement released "Android is a new open platform", with the cooperation of the cell phone manufacturers and mobile operators "can be free to decide on cell phones in what pre-installed Android applications and services".
South Korea fair trade commission spokesman bok Sung - Jun, said the agency will not comment on the complaint data.
Daum and NHN group this two Internet company the fair trade commission in South Korea KFTC) says Google (using its mobile operating system developer forensic the status of the search function to it at the local pre-installed smartphone. This practice limits the local search engine in the application of forensic smartphone.
NHN group said in a statement, through the main smartphone manufacturers with local establish marketing cooperation relations, Google has banned other market participants preinstalled own search window or related applications.
NHN group quoted market research data says, until last month, NHN group of local mobile search Naver accounted for South Korea about 56 percent market share, while Daum market share is about 16%.
NHN group spokesman said Google in South Korea, Internet search market share only about 2%, but because this injustice, Google in South Korea mobile search market share is growing rapidly, and has now reached about 15%.
Google refused to these allegations. Google says it never forced equipment vendors or mobile operators use its mobile platform. Google, said in a statement that forensic is an open platform. Operator partners have freedom of choice on cell phones in their own forensic use what applications and services.
Google says Google often signed commercial agreement. Operators in these agreements can choose in the Google search function preinstalled including mobile services. However, Google absolutely no request or manufacturers in forensic equipment operators on Google search function containing. We are looking forward to cooperate with KFTC solve any problems they may encounter.
In South Korea sales of smart phones to forensic Google search engines as a default function. South Korea search portal to complain say, this kind of practice for mobile phone users to switch to different search window is not easy.
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