Apple Subpoenaed for Details on iOS Search Deal in Google Antitrust Investigation

bloomberg reports antitrust investigators federal trade commission have issued subpoena apple requesting information on company's deal make google default search engine on ios. google has been reported have paid apple $1 billion last year in ios search deal, , subpoena part of ongoing antitrust investigation of google on actions lock search engine traffic.

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the agency's request documents includes agreements made google preferred search engine on apple's mobile devices, said people, weren't authorized speak publicly , declined identified. google rivals such microsoft corp. (msft) have criticized these agreements anticompetitive.

subpoena indicates ftc intensifying scrutiny of google's business practices. details of apple-google relationship may show whether google abusing dominance of internet search boost revenue in mobile phone advertising market, said allen grunes, antitrust lawyer @ brownstein hyatt farber schreck llp in washington.

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the investigation looking more broadly @ how google's advertising rates , search results may being manipulated give google unfair advantage in marketplace.

android , ios holding vast majority of smartphone market share, google's search engine possesses dominating position in rapidly-growing mobile search space. mobile search expected pass desktop search within next few years, google's dominance , tie-ins own advertising services garnering significant attention regulators.

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