The European Commission has fined Google five billion U.S. dollars for anti-trust violations - the biggest fine given by European anti-trust regulators against a single firm.<br /> The commission said Wednesday that the tech giant had illegally abused the dominance of its mobile operating system, Android, by forcing phone manufacturers to exclusively pre-install its services, such as Google Search and Google Maps.<br />Phone makers that refused were reportedly blocked access to Google's Play app store.<br />The EC gave Google's parent company, Alphabet, 90 days to stop such practices or face further penalties. <br />Alphabet has enough cash to easily pay off the five-billion-dollar fine, but the firm says it will still appeal the ruling. <br />
