Google warns over mobile payments

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google has presen

BRUSSELS — A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google‘s dominance of mobile Internet usage on smartphones. The “FairSearch” initiative of 17 companies — which includes Microsoft, Nokia, and Oracle — claims Google is acting unfairly by giving away its Android operating system to mobile device companies on the condition that the U.S. online giant’s own software applications like YouTube and Google Maps are installed and prominently displayed.

BRUSSELS — A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google‘s dominance of mobile Internet usage on smartphones. The “FairSearch” initiative of 17 companies — which includes Microsoft, Nokia, and Oracle — claims Google is acting unfairly by giving away its Android operating system to mobile device companies on the condition that the U.S. online giant’s own software applications like YouTube and Google Maps are installed and prominently displayed.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG and United Continental Holdings Inc. reached a settlement with European Union antitrust regulators, ceding airport slots in Frankfurt and New York in exchange for approval of their A++ trans- Atlantic venture also involving Air Canada.

Bango (LON:BGO) , the mobile web payments and analytics company, today warned that profits in the year to march 31, 2011 were set to miss current market expectations because of a delay in wrapping up deals to migrate some of its existing customers from premium messaging to the Bango billing platform. The company insisted that the migration of these customers was still expected to contribute to profitability in the current financial year and beyond.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators could charge Goo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google has offered to settle antitrust charges following an ultimatum by EU regulators investigating its business practices, in a move that could stave off a hefty fine. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia set an early July deadline for the world's most popular search engine to resolve the concerns of more than a dozen rivals, including Microsoft, or face formal charges. "We have made a proposal to address the four areas the European Commission described as potential concerns. ...