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The ending of Google's monopoly trial has Silicon Valley on edge
Google has a lot at stake as a federal judge weighs whether the tech giant’s search empire should be broken up. But so does the rest of Silicon Valley.
That strategy has been unsuccessful for the DOJ so far, including in its landmark case in the 1990s that eventually forced Microsoft ( MSFT) into a settlement to open its operating system to competitors in the early 2000s. A government win would put at risk the billions of dollars in mutually lucrative contracts between Google and Apple, as well as deals with other device manufacturers and telecom companies. The government alleged in its case that Google pays billions of dollars each year to LG, Motorola ( MSI), and Samsung; major US wireless carriers such as AT&T ( T), T-Mobile ( TMUS), and Verizon ( VZ); and browser developers such as Mozilla, Opera, and UCWeb.
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