Reuters: Technology News: Rivals get longer to comment on Google EU antitrust offer: source

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Rivals get longer to comment on Google EU antitrust offer: source May 17th 2013, 12:56 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Google launches streaming music service ahead of Apple Wed, May 15 2013 EU to rule on Master Blenders coffee deal by June 19 Wed, May 15 2013 UPDATE 2-EU Commission says Visa Europe offers to cap fees Tue, May 14 2013 Rivals warn of boost to Google dominance from antitrust offer Tue, May 14 2013 EU regulator takes aim at Google over Apple mobile patent lawsuit Mon, May 6 2013 Analysis & Opinion Google shooting blanks in smartphone patent wars Surfboards lean against a wall at the Google office in Santa Monica, California, October 11, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS | Fri May 17, 2013 8:56am EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have given some of Google's rivals more time to study its proposals to settle anti-competitive complaints, which could provide more leverage to pry further concessions from the Internet search giant. The European Commission last month told interested parties they had until May 26 to say if they are satisfied with the offer by the world's most popular search engine to mark out its services from rival products in Internet search results. The EU antitrust authority has given some rivals until June 27 to complete their technical analysis of Google's proposals, said one person familiar with the matter. The regulator is able to grant extensions if there are strong grounds for doing so. A Commission competition spokesman, Antoine Colombani, declined to comment on the Google case. Several Google competitors and complainants about the company's practices have been critical of the proposed settlement, which includes providing links to at least three competing search engines, and allowing rivals to stop Google from using specific information. According to British price comparison site Foundem, Google's offer would only reinforce its dominance. Google has more than 80 percent share of the market in Europe, according to research firm comScore. Other critics said the proposal would force rivals to compete among themselves, raising their costs and increasing merchants' dependency on Google. If Google clinches a deal with the Commission, it would avoid a finding of infringement of competition rules and a possible fine that could be as much as $5 billion or 10 percent of its global revenue. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Luke Baker and Mark Potter) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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