Google Told by Russian Regulator to Unbundle Android Search
- Google told to amend agreements with mobile-device makers
- Yandex shares rise as much as 13 percent in U.S. trading
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Russia’s antitrust regulator has ordered Google Inc. to amend agreements with smartphone producers that it said disadvantage third-party applications on devices running the Android operating system.
Mountain View, California-based Google is abusing its market dominance through Android, the regulator ruled last month after a complaint from local search engine provider Yandex NV, which has been losing market share to its U.S. rival on mobile devices.