The Chinese Ministry of Technology has accused Google of unfairly discriminating against local firms by hindering the country’s ability to develop its own mobile operating system against the might of Android.
The ministry claimed that Google currently has too much control of the country’s mobile industry and is using its stranglehold to hinder competition in the market in a white paper.
“Our country’s mobile operating system research and development is too dependent on Android,” says the document, according to a Reuters translation. “While the Android system is open source, the core technology and technology roadmap is strictly controlled by Google.”
The white paper claims the search giant is discriminated against some local firms, stopping them sharing code and technology with each other that could facilitate the development of a new Chinese mobile OS.
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3 Responses to “China: Google Has Too Much Control of Country’s Mobile Industry” Leave a reply ›
Strangely, in spite of this concern, the Chinese government is not making any regulatory changes? I doubt! Some new laws must be in the offing knowing the strained relationship between Google and China.
If you don’t mind, every responsible government would want to control how information flow in its territory. However, the skepticism is hardly surprising as China still sees android and Google as running ‘US’ policies. My opinion, anyway!
It is open important that Google’s presence in China fosters good relations and competitions. Perhaps, Google’s policies with the android are not readily in alignment with Chinese trade policies. This calls to mind what International trade compliance should be.