Apple agrees to testify before US Senate on app store antitrust concerns
A senior Apple Inc executive
has agreed to testify before the U.S. Senate on competition issues related to
mobile app stores, days after panel leaders criticized the company for refusing
to appear.
The company said in a letter sent to senators, seen by Reuters,
that Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer will be available to testify at an
April 21 hearing held by part of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
App makers have long complained that mandatory revenue sharing
payments and strict inclusion rules set by Apple's App Store for iPhones and
iPads, along with Google's Play store for Android devices, amount to
anticompetitive behavior.
On Friday, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Mike Lee,
a Republican, sent a letter to Apple Chief Executive
Tim Cook calling it "unacceptable" the company was refusing to send a
witness. The pair are leaders of the Senate Judiciary panel's subcommittee on
competition policy and antitrust.
Google has already agreed to testify at the hearing, according to
Klobuchar's spokeswoman.
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