Google’s proposal in the ongoing anti-trust investigation was accepted by the EU; however, lobbying groups FairSearch and iComp are of the opinion that the proposal should be subjected to market testing to gauge its effectiveness.
Google released a non-confidential version of its settlement proposal to EU. Rivals and lobbying groups lauded Mountain View’s efforts stating: “We welcome Google’s unilateral decision to publish a non-confidential version of its commitments”.
However, the proposal text doesn’t completely satisfy the rivals as the statement further continued: “but will continue to stress the importance of market testing to demonstrate the effectiveness of these commitments to restore competition to search,” FairSearch said in a statement notes Fox News.
Google’s decision of making public its proposal text will allow rivals to review the revised package and lobbying groups stressed that the European Commission should take into consideration their comments and analysis.
In a related report, Reuters quoted a source as saying that Google’s proposal wasn’t unanimously accepted and nearly one third of the members opposed EU’s decision of striking a deal with Google.
Google’s proposal was accepted earlier this month by the EU, which could mean that the search engine giant will likely evade fine of a whopping $5 billion.
