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CCI发起了调查苹果的政策在2021年12月后,指控由非盈利我们一起对抗社会——大约高委员会指控苹果和缺乏第三方支付的选项。
钦奈|新德里:印度的竞争监管机构已接近完成了iPhone的app store和计费政策调查制造商苹果,几个人意识到开发告诉等,调查的结果是符合的印度竞争委员会发现类似的查询与搜索巨头谷歌和可能导致苹果也不得不改变其app store计费和委员会的政策,他们补充说。
CCI启动了调查苹果的政策在2021年12月后,指控由非盈利我们一起对抗社会——大约高委员会指控苹果和缺乏第三方支付的选项。随后,数字印度基金会的行业组织联盟(ADIF)以及美国互联网和科技公司匹配组也提出类似的情况下,然后用棍棒打正在进行的调查。“我们被告知,全面调查是在苹果,”上面所提到的一个人说。”调查的结果非常符合的CCI表示谷歌玩计费问题,”他说。
”它尚未发布的唯一原因是因为缺乏坐在主席的CCI,”这个人说。
CCI一直没有一个全职主席Ashok Kumar Gupta退休以来,从《华盛顿邮报》10月25日,2022年。
官员证实了接近完成的调查与苹果告诉ET报告尚未提交给监管机构的董事会。他们说,在这个问题上任何进一步行动将仅由CCI董事会。
与此同时,消息人士意识到说反垄断监管机构的依赖谷歌在一个类似的调查,苹果预计,它将遵循类似的轨迹的情况下。美国公司预计它可能被迫减少委员会指控从开发人员和提供第三方支付选项,消息人士说。
电子邮件查询发送到苹果和CCI仍然悬而未决直到截稿时间。
10月25日,CCI强加在谷歌上936.44卢比的罚款就其滥用其主导地位玩店政策,除了发出指示要求。通过执政,CCI直接谷歌不限制应用程序开发人员使用任何第三方支付或支付处理服务购买应用程序或应用内计费在谷歌商店。
国有Android目前在印度市场95.1%的份额而苹果iOS有3.93%的份额。
竞争等遇见专家表示,苹果可能会采用一种方法,其在中国的市场份额太小,造成相当大的损害。然而,这一观点可能搁置一旁,他们说。
人们意识到公司的想法的人士说,苹果是担心一个新公式,旨在改变处罚的方式,针对企业在这种情况下,计算。
目前,CCI强加一个点球多达10%的公司的相关市场的平均营业额。然而,政府正在评估一项修正案的竞争2022年修正案将提出惩罚公司全球营业额的比例计算而不是当前的实践。
苹果公司在2022年10月全球营业额为394亿美元。
高管从iPhone制造商的印度单位遇到的官员公司事务部和中国电子产品和信息技术在过去两个月来理解新提议的细节。
“这是可以理解的,苹果会担心这个提议条款作为其全球收入是巨大的,”说,一个不愿透露姓名的律师的竞争。”,但目前还不清楚当这将生效,是否会发生在苹果之前的结论是。”
请愿,非政府组织表示,苹果做出强制要求应用程序开发人员使用它的应用内支付解决方案(内购或IAP)分布的数字内容,支付30%的佣金,这称为“过高”自付款处理器BillDesk等RazorPay类似的服务,CCAvenue显著降低收费(通常在1 - 5%之间交易的价值,外加一个固定的费用)。
2021年12月,经过几次被指控与苹果不同的实体,CCI下令调查此事,并观察到苹果的app store应用程序开发者的唯一手段向消费者发布他们的应用程序使用苹果智能移动设备,因此,苹果被指出是用户和应用程序开发者之间的网关。
CCI启动了调查苹果的政策在2021年12月后,指控由非盈利我们一起对抗社会——大约高委员会指控苹果和缺乏第三方支付的选项。随后,数字印度基金会的行业组织联盟(ADIF)以及美国互联网和科技公司匹配组也提出类似的情况下,然后用棍棒打正在进行的调查。“我们被告知,全面调查是在苹果,”上面所提到的一个人说。”调查的结果非常符合的CCI表示谷歌玩计费问题,”他说。
”它尚未发布的唯一原因是因为缺乏坐在主席的CCI,”这个人说。
官员证实了接近完成的调查与苹果告诉ET报告尚未提交给监管机构的董事会。他们说,在这个问题上任何进一步行动将仅由CCI董事会。
与此同时,消息人士意识到说反垄断监管机构的依赖谷歌在一个类似的调查,苹果预计,它将遵循类似的轨迹的情况下。美国公司预计它可能被迫减少委员会指控从开发人员和提供第三方支付选项,消息人士说。
电子邮件查询发送到苹果和CCI仍然悬而未决直到截稿时间。
10月25日,CCI强加在谷歌上936.44卢比的罚款就其滥用其主导地位玩店政策,除了发出指示要求。通过执政,CCI直接谷歌不限制应用程序开发人员使用任何第三方支付或支付处理服务购买应用程序或应用内计费在谷歌商店。
国有Android目前在印度市场95.1%的份额而苹果iOS有3.93%的份额。
人们意识到公司的想法的人士说,苹果是担心一个新公式,旨在改变处罚的方式,针对企业在这种情况下,计算。
目前,CCI强加一个点球多达10%的公司的相关市场的平均营业额。然而,政府正在评估一项修正案的竞争2022年修正案将提出惩罚公司全球营业额的比例计算而不是当前的实践。
苹果公司在2022年10月全球营业额为394亿美元。
高管从iPhone制造商的印度单位遇到的官员公司事务部和中国电子产品和信息技术在过去两个月来理解新提议的细节。
“这是可以理解的,苹果会担心这个提议条款作为其全球收入是巨大的,”说,一个不愿透露姓名的律师的竞争。”,但目前还不清楚当这将生效,是否会发生在苹果之前的结论是。”
请愿,非政府组织表示,苹果做出强制要求应用程序开发人员使用它的应用内支付解决方案(内购或IAP)分布的数字内容,支付30%的佣金,这称为“过高”自付款处理器BillDesk等RazorPay类似的服务,CCAvenue显著降低收费(通常在1 - 5%之间交易的价值,外加一个固定的费用)。
2021年12月,经过几次被指控与苹果不同的实体,CCI下令调查此事,并观察到苹果的app store应用程序开发者的唯一手段向消费者发布他们的应用程序使用苹果智能移动设备,因此,苹果被指出是用户和应用程序开发者之间的网关。
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Chennai | New Delhi: India\u2019s competition regulator is close to completing its investigation into the app store and billing policies of iPhone maker Apple<\/a>, several people aware of the development told ET. The findings of the probe are in line with what the Competition Commission of India<\/a> identified in a similar enquiry against search giant Google and could result in Apple also having to make changes to its app store billing and commission policies, they added.
CCI<\/a> had launched the probe into Apple\u2019s policies in December 2021 following allegations \u2014 levelled by a not-for-profit Together We Fight Society \u2014 about the high commission charged by Apple and the lack of third-party payment options. Subsequently, the industry grouping Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) as well as US-based internet and tech company Match Group also filed similar cases, which were then clubbed with the ongoing investigation. \u201cWe\u2019ve been informed that a full investigation is in place in the Apple matter,\u201d said one of the people cited above. \u201cThe findings of the probe are very much in line with what the CCI said on the Google Play billing issue,\u201d he said.
\u201cThe only reason why it has not been released yet is because of the absence of a sitting chairperson for the CCI,\u201d the person added.
CCI<\/a> had launched the probe into Apple\u2019s policies in December 2021 following allegations \u2014 levelled by a not-for-profit Together We Fight Society \u2014 about the high commission charged by Apple and the lack of third-party payment options. Subsequently, the industry grouping Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) as well as US-based internet and tech company Match Group also filed similar cases, which were then clubbed with the ongoing investigation. \u201cWe\u2019ve been informed that a full investigation is in place in the Apple matter,\u201d said one of the people cited above. \u201cThe findings of the probe are very much in line with what the CCI said on the Google Play billing issue,\u201d he said.
\u201cThe only reason why it has not been released yet is because of the absence of a sitting chairperson for the CCI,\u201d the person added.
<\/div><\/div>The CCI has been without a full-time chairperson since the retirement of Ashok Kumar Gupta from the post on October 25, 2022.
Officials who confirmed the near completion of the probe against Apple told ET that the report is yet to be presented to the regulator\u2019s board. They said that any further action in the matter will be taken only by the CCI board.
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Meanwhile, sources aware of the matter said with the antitrust regulator having come down heavily on Google in a similar probe, Apple anticipates that it will follow a similar trajectory in its case as well. The American company expects that it may be forced to reduce the commission it charges from developers and provide third-party billing options, sources said.
Email queries sent to both Apple and the CCI remained unanswered till press time.
On October 25, the CCI had imposed a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store<\/a> policies, apart from issuing a cease-and-desist order. Through its ruling, the CCI directed Google not to restrict app developers from using any third-party billing or payment processing services to purchase apps or for in-app billing on Google Play Store.
Google-owned Android currently dominates the India market with 95.1% share while Apple iOS has a 3.93% share.
Officials who confirmed the near completion of the probe against Apple told ET that the report is yet to be presented to the regulator\u2019s board. They said that any further action in the matter will be taken only by the CCI board.
<\/figure>Meanwhile, sources aware of the matter said with the antitrust regulator having come down heavily on Google in a similar probe, Apple anticipates that it will follow a similar trajectory in its case as well. The American company expects that it may be forced to reduce the commission it charges from developers and provide third-party billing options, sources said.
Email queries sent to both Apple and the CCI remained unanswered till press time.
On October 25, the CCI had imposed a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store<\/a> policies, apart from issuing a cease-and-desist order. Through its ruling, the CCI directed Google not to restrict app developers from using any third-party billing or payment processing services to purchase apps or for in-app billing on Google Play Store.
Google-owned Android currently dominates the India market with 95.1% share while Apple iOS has a 3.93% share.
<\/div><\/div>Competition experts whom ET spoke to said Apple is likely to adopt an approach that its market share is too small in the country to cause any considerable damage. However, that argument may be set aside, they said.
People aware of the company\u2019s thinking said that Apple is worried about a new formula that aims to change the way in which penalty \u2014 to be imposed on companies in such cases \u2014 is calculated.
Currently, the CCI imposes a penalty up to 10% of a company\u2019s average turnover in the relevant market. However, the government is evaluating an amendment to the Competition Amendment Bill 2022 that will propose penalties on companies be calculated as a percentage of their global turnover instead of the current practice.
Apple\u2019s global turnover was $39.4 billion in October 2022.
Senior executives from the iPhone maker\u2019s India unit had met officials from the ministry of corporate affairs<\/a> and the ministry of electronics<\/a> and information technology over the last two months to understand the finer details of the new proposal.
\u201cIt is understandable that Apple would have concerns over this proposed clause as its global revenues are enormous,\u201d said a competition lawyer on the condition of anonymity. \u201cBut it is unclear when this will come into force and whether it will happen before the Apple verdict is out.\u201d
In its petition, the NGO said that Apple made it mandatory for app developers to use its in-app payment solution (in-app purchase or IAP) for distribution of paid digital content and pay 30% commission, which it termed as \u2018exorbitant\u2019 since payment processors such as BillDesk, RazorPay<\/a>, CCAvenue charge significantly lower fees for similar services (usually between 1-5% of the transaction value, plus a fixed fee).
In December 2021, after several allegations were levelled against Apple by different entities, the CCI ordered an investigation into the matter and observed that Apple\u2019s app store is the only means for app developers to distribute their apps to consumers using Apple smart mobile devices and thus, Apple was noted as a gateway between users and app developers.
People aware of the company\u2019s thinking said that Apple is worried about a new formula that aims to change the way in which penalty \u2014 to be imposed on companies in such cases \u2014 is calculated.
Currently, the CCI imposes a penalty up to 10% of a company\u2019s average turnover in the relevant market. However, the government is evaluating an amendment to the Competition Amendment Bill 2022 that will propose penalties on companies be calculated as a percentage of their global turnover instead of the current practice.
Apple\u2019s global turnover was $39.4 billion in October 2022.
Senior executives from the iPhone maker\u2019s India unit had met officials from the ministry of corporate affairs<\/a> and the ministry of electronics<\/a> and information technology over the last two months to understand the finer details of the new proposal.
\u201cIt is understandable that Apple would have concerns over this proposed clause as its global revenues are enormous,\u201d said a competition lawyer on the condition of anonymity. \u201cBut it is unclear when this will come into force and whether it will happen before the Apple verdict is out.\u201d
In its petition, the NGO said that Apple made it mandatory for app developers to use its in-app payment solution (in-app purchase or IAP) for distribution of paid digital content and pay 30% commission, which it termed as \u2018exorbitant\u2019 since payment processors such as BillDesk, RazorPay<\/a>, CCAvenue charge significantly lower fees for similar services (usually between 1-5% of the transaction value, plus a fixed fee).
In December 2021, after several allegations were levelled against Apple by different entities, the CCI ordered an investigation into the matter and observed that Apple\u2019s app store is the only means for app developers to distribute their apps to consumers using Apple smart mobile devices and thus, Apple was noted as a gateway between users and app developers.