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NEW DELHI: U.S. firm Epic Games<\/a> is challenging Google<\/a> in an Indian tribunal for not complying with some portions of an antitrust directive, alleging that the tech giant is not hosting the gaming company's app store on Google's Play Store app<\/a>.
Epic's claims are the latest legal issues to plague the Alphabet Inc<\/a> unit in India. Last month, after losing a legal fight with the Competition Commission of India<\/a> (CCI), Google<\/a> said it will make changes to its Android business model including stopping its practice of forcing device makers to pre-install a bouquet of Google apps such as YouTube<\/a> or Chrome<\/a>.
However, Epic claimed in a Feb. 9 filing with an appeals tribunal in New Delhi that Google has not complied with a part of the CCI directive that Google should host third-party app stores on Play Store and allow apps to be downloaded freely without using Play Store, a practice called \"sideloading\", according to a copy of Epic's submissions reviewed by Reuters.
Maker of the popular video game \"Fortnite\", Epic operates its own app store, Epic Games<\/a> Store, that offers games and other apps for download. The company claims in the filing it is \"exploring launching\" the Games Store app on Google Play Store and has been \"adversely affected\" by Google not complying with the CCI order.
\"We are seeking to join Indian developers in court to support the CCI's order that requires Google to allow competing third-party app stores,\" Bakari Middleton, Director of Global Public Policy at Epic Games, told Reuters in a statement.
Epic is known for campaigns against Apple<\/a> and Google for charging high app store commissions. It has 9.5 million users in India.
Google said in a statement it has submitted its \"compliance plan to the CCI and continue to respectfully follow the legal process in India.\"
The CCI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In October the agency said Google exploited its dominant position in Android in India, where 97% of smartphones run on the operating system.
Google denied wrongdoing and sought to stall that directive, warning the ruling would limit the growth of the Android ecosystem. India's Supreme Court ordered Google to follow the CCI directives but allowed it to continue arguing its case before the New Delhi appeals tribunal where Epic filed its case.
Epic is seeking an order to force Google to comply with the CCI's ruling, and the case is likely to be heard in the coming days.
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印度史诗游戏称谷歌不遵守反垄断秩序
史诗的说法是瘟疫字母表的最新法律问题公司单位在印度。上个月,在失去法律与印度竞争委员会(CCI),谷歌说,它将改变其Android业务模式包括停止练习迫使设备制造商预装一束Google apps YouTube或铬等。
新德里:美国公司史诗般的游戏是具有挑战性的谷歌在印度法庭不遵守反垄断的一些部分指令,声称这家科技巨头不是主机游戏公司的应用商店谷歌播放存储应用。
史诗的说法是最新的法律问题困扰字母公司单位在印度。上个月,在失去的法律斗争印度竞争委员会(CCI),谷歌说,它将改变其Android业务模式包括停止练习迫使设备制造商预装一束Google apps等YouTube或铬。
然而,史诗声称在2月9日提交给上诉法庭在新德里,谷歌并没有遵守CCI指令的一部分,谷歌应该举办第三方应用商店玩存储和允许下载免费应用程序不使用游戏商店,一个名为“侧面加载”的实践中,根据路透史诗的提交审核的副本。
流行的视频游戏制造商“Fortnite”,史诗运行自己的应用商店,史诗般的游戏商店,提供游戏和其他应用程序的下载。在文件中该公司声称这是“探索推出“谷歌的应用程序商店所玩的游戏商店,已经被谷歌“负面影响”不遵守CCI秩序。
“我们正在寻求加入印度开发人员在法庭上支持CCI的秩序,要求谷歌允许第三方应用商店竞争,”卡里仅米德尔顿全球公共政策主管史诗般的游戏,在一份声明中告诉路透。
史诗以反对而闻名苹果和谷歌app store收费高佣金。它在印度拥有950万用户。
谷歌在一份声明中表示,已提交“合规计划CCI,恭敬地继续,遵循法律程序在印度。”
CCI没有立即回应记者的置评请求。
10月该机构表示,谷歌利用其主导地位在Android在印度,97%的智能手机操作系统上运行。
谷歌否认自己有不法行为,并试图停止指令,执政党将限制警告Android生态系统的发展。印度最高法院下令谷歌遵守CCI指令,但允许它继续争论在史诗的新德里上诉法庭提起。
史诗正在寻找一个以迫使谷歌遵守CCI的裁决,这个案子可能会听到在未来几天。
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