The EU has given its strongest signal of its intent to crack down hard on Google’s mobile operating system, comparing an imminent antitrust case against Android to Brussels’ epic confrontation with Microsoft a decade ago.
People involved in the case said that EU regulators were very close to opening a long-anticipated new front in their showdown with Google, already hit with charges that it abused its dominance of online searches.
A second charge sheet, in relation to Android, is almost finalised. Margrethe Vestager, competition commissioner, will probably be ready to deliver it this week, the people said, although the timing was not confirmed.