South Korean authorities are reported to be looking at whether Google interfered with Samsung’s development of an alternative to Android, The Korea Times said.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), which has taken aim at Google in the past, is “currently checking if Google thwarted competition in the OS market”, the paper said.
The probe stems from agreements signed by Samsung and Google as far back as 2011, including the Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA), which required Google apps and services to be positioned front-and-centre, and an Anti-Fragmentation Agreement (AFA) which curtailed Samsung’s abilities to go its own way.
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