- Deutsche Telekom (OTCQX:DTEGY) is said to be close to filing a formal complaint against Google (GOOG, GOOGL) in Europe's antitrust investigation into the Android OS, The New York Times reports.
- The German telecom had filed a complaint more than a year ago when the EC was looking into Google's Web search; now, a formal complaint in this second probe could bring a wealth of data covering which services tens of millions of users access on their smartphones, and steer an EC decision on formal charges.
- Deutsche Telekom's complaint could be filed by early November, sources said, and it focuses on whether Google is unfairly promoting its own service, like Maps or Search, via Android.
- Separately, Russia has given Google until Nov. 18 to stop what it calls unfair bundling of its mobile service with Android or face fines.
- The European probe into Google's Web search is also likely to move forward this week.