NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) – India’s antitrust body said an inquiry is needed into allegations that service fee charged for in-app payments by Google breach a competition watchdog directive, a regulatory order seen by Reuters showed on Friday.
Tinder-owner Match Group (MTCH.O) and Indian startups had asked the watchdog to investigate Alphabet’s Google’s (GOOGL.O) new User Choice Billing (UCB) system, which they alleged was anti-competitive.
Reporting by Aditya Kalra
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