TPG Telecom additionally had a search cope with Google – Software program – Telco/ISP

TPG Telecom has agreed to not renew an association with Google that set its search because the default on Android units that the telco offered.

The settlement, within the type of a court-enforceable enterprise, was made as a part of a broader investigation into Google’s practices by the Australian Competitors and Shopper Fee (ACCC).

Final month, it emerged that Telstra and Optus had similar arrangements with Google that additionally they now wouldn’t renew.

The ACCC mentioned that the cope with TPG Telecom has been in place “since a minimum of 2018”.

It meant that “Google’s search providers had been pre-installed because the default search service on an unique foundation on Android units provided by TPG.”

TPG “absolutely cooperated” with the ACCC investigation.

“In our view, this enterprise from TPG, following these lately accepted from Telstra and Optus, is one other necessary step in the direction of offering Australian customers with extra selection concerning the digital platforms and providers they use, and to encourage extra competitors in these markets,” ACCC commissioner Liza Carver said in a statement.

“We’re happy that now all three cell community operators in Australia have responded to the ACCC’s competitors considerations by providing these undertakings.”

The ACCC mentioned its investigations are persevering with.

The preparations with telcos contributed to Google search having a constant 98 p.c market share in Australia within the three years to July 2024, with others like Microsoft’s Bing having tiny shares.