Suspected Monopolistic Practices, Google Investigated

CALIFORNIA - Acquisition navigation app, Waze by search, Google entered a new phase. Reports say that the acquisition was alleged monopolistic business practices.

The Wall Street Journal reported, Google on Saturday (22/6) and then, to confirm that it has contacted a lawyer from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the acquisition of the company Waze is worth $ 1, 1 billion made in mid-June.

Google itself reluctant spokesman confirmed the investigation into the FTC issues related monopolistic practices. In addition, the red plate agency also has not commented with this news.


A number of lawyers believe that the FTC in talks with Google's newest acquisition process related. The investigation process will look for evidence that Google's monopolistic practices.

In this investigation the FTC wants to know whether Waze directly compete with Google Maps now has the dominance to provide navigation services in the world, or find other evidence, such as email, to show that Google acquired Waze only for 'safekeeping' of rivals - Apple previously rumored interested with the application.

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