Paris — France's competition watchdog on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple €1.1bn, saying it was guilty of anticompetitive behaviour towards its distribution and retail network.
The fine, the biggest ever levied by the French antitrust body, comes at a time of heightened scrutiny on US tech giants by European regulators, who have been delving into the firms' powerful market position, the tax they pay and how they protect consumers' privacy...
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