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EU Taking Steps Towards Formal Complaint Against Google's Android

  • Firms asked to prepare documents so Google could see evidence
  • Declassification requests often precursor to EU objections
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The European Union may be gearing up to send Google an antitrust complaint over its Android mobile phone operating system, adding to a growing list of regulatory woes for the company on the continent, according to three people familiar with the probe. 

The Internet giant’s opponents have been asked to remove any business secrets from documents submitted to regulators to prepare non-confidential versions that could be shown to Google after a statement of objections, said the people who asked not to be named because the investigation is private.