Key Points
Tech giant Google and Indian internet companies have agreed to a four-month extension in the timeline for payment of service fees to the Android maker...
The development marks a pause in the acrimonious face-off between Indian internet firms and Google over the US firms billing policies that finally prompted the Indian IT ministry to step in to play peacemaker...
On Tuesday, Google said it was restoring the status quo for hundreds of apps by ten developers including Info Edge, Matrimony.com,.
Google, on March 1, delisted these apps from its marketplace Play Store saying they were violating its billing policies by offering in-app purchases without paying commission..
In addition to getting a short-term fix for the situation that saw apps being taken off the Play Store, the government is also learnt to be working on a longer-term framework to ensure that unilateral action by large tech companies does not have an impact on local firms...
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