The request follows a landmark ruling in August by Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that found Google had illegally maintained a monopoly in online search.
Judge Mehta asked the Justice Department and the states that brought the antitrust case to submit solutions by the end of Wednesday to correct the search monopoly.
Beyond the sale of Chrome, the government asked Judge Mehta to give Google a choice: either sell Android, its smartphone operating system, or bar Google from making its services mandatory on phones that use Android to operate.
If Google broke those terms, or the remedies failed to improve competition, the government could force the company to sell Android at a later date.
Google should also be required by the court to allow rival search engines to display the company’s results and access its data for a decade, the government said.
Persons:
Judge Amit P, Mehta, Judge Mehta
Organizations:
Justice Department, Google, U.S, District of, Chrome, Apple
Locations:
District of Columbia