Official Statement from MapmyIndia On SC judgment against Google’s appeal in CCI Android Case

We at MapmyIndia are elated and extremely grateful to the Supreme Court for their order against Google’s appeal. MapmyIndia was mentioned and spoken of multiple times in the Supreme court today by multiple parties, who said that MapmyIndia pioneered digital mapping in India since 1995, far before the birth of google, and offer an alternative in terms of MapmyIndia’s Mappls app versus the force pre-installed Google Maps. It was discussed in the court how Google foreclosed rivals such as MapmyIndia due to their anti-competitive practices, harming Indian consumers ability to choose, and harming the Indian economy and rivals such as MapmyIndia.

As the Supreme Court in the end declined Google’s disingenuous arguments. Today onwards, we truly hope, appeal and call upon consumers and OEMs to try and use MapmyIndia’s Mappls app, which offer far better maps, navigation and safety features than Google Maps, but which has been hidden thus far from Indian consumers due to Google’s anti-competitive practices.

Today marks one very critical step towards India breaking free from the digital slavery Google has perpetuated on Indians for the last 15 years, and it is the right moment for all Indians – consumers, media, app developers, OEMs, industry and government – to come together to create our own far better indigenous Aatmanirbhar ecosystem that gives India its rightful place at the forefront of the world, independent of the monopolistic Google. In the case of MapmyIndia and our Mappls app, APIs, platforms and solutions – we can proudly say that no Indian needs to be dependent on Google’s solutions, and in fact can get better maps and technology solutions from swadeshi MapmyIndia.

Those who want to try the free Mappls app by MapmyIndia, download from https://www.mappls.com/getApp (works on Android, iOS, Android Auto and CarPlay) and also works on the web on https://www.mappls.com

Rohan Verma
CEO and ED, MapmyIndia