The antitrust fines levied by the European Commission in 2017 and 2018 on Qualcomm and Google totalled €7.8bn, of which Google’s share was €6.8bn.
Leaving aside the interesting legal considerations involved in these cases (all appealed), they made the headlines because of the staggering size of the fines.
To put these record fines in context, Cullen International published an infographic showing the ten biggest antitrust fines imposed on ICT companies in Europe, how these are calculated, and providing some intriguing comparison points.
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