India, April 15 -- Google LLC, affiliated to Alphabet Inc., has received a Cease and Desist Order from Japan's competition Commission for its anticompetitive practices.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission or JFTC issued such an order for the first time against any of the major U.S. technology companies.
In a statement, The JFTC said it has issued the order against Google, for allegedly violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps on their Android smartphones.
As per the Commission, Google, since July 2020 at the latest, has been preventing Search Functionality of other General Search Service providers from being implemented on Specified Android Smartphones.
Google allegedly had forced Android sma...