According to media reports, the DG CCI has sought details of agreements between smartphone makers and Google or its group companies as a part of its probe into allegations of misuse of market share by the Android operating system.

These include Samsung, Xiaomi, Karbonn and Lava. The DG CCI wants to know if Google imposed any restrictions on using the company’s mobile apps and services over eight years beginning April 2011. It has also sought details of “licence fee or royalty payments made to Google for using Android OS and Google mobile services on a yearly basis, from April 2011 till March 2019”.

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