India Rips Samsung, Xiaomi For Colluding With Amazon, Flipkart

Samsung, Xiaomi, and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart to exclusively launch products on these e-commerce platforms, violating Indian antitrust laws, according to regulatory reports seen by Aditya Kalra of Reuters.

The Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigations found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by favoring select sellers. I Photo: Flipkart Stories Facebook

The Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigations found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by favoring select sellers, prioritizing certain listings, and offering steep discounts that harmed competitors.

The CCI's 1,027-page report on Amazon stated that the Indian units of five companies—Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, Realme, and OnePlus—engaged in the practice of exclusive phone launches in "collusion" with Amazon and its affiliates, violating competition law.

Similarly, a 1,696-page CCI report indicated that Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, Vivo, Lenovo, and Realme followed similar practices with Flipkart.