[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-india-fines-hp-144m-for-bid-rigging-on-ink-and-pcs":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},4798,"india-fines-hp-144m-for-bid-rigging-on-ink-and-pcs","India Fines HP $14.4M for Bid Rigging on Ink and PCs","India's Competition Commission found HP India colluded with resellers to inflate government contract bids and lock out rival ink suppliers.","India's antitrust regulator has fined HP India and several channel partners 1.4 billion rupees, roughly $14.4 million, for coordinating prices across printers, ink cartridges, toner, and computers.\n\nThe Competition Commission of India concluded that HP India worked with reseller partners to manipulate bids on government procurement contracts for computers, and to control the market for ink cartridges, toner, and related printing supplies, including graphic and digital manufacturing materials. The regulator characterized the conduct as \"cartelization\" — coordinated behavior among ostensibly competing parties to fix prices or divide markets. HP framed part of its motivation as fighting counterfeit ink and toner, a defense the CCI apparently found insufficient.\n\nGovernment procurement is a high-stakes channel in India, where public-sector contracts can define a vendor's regional footprint for years. Price coordination on those bids doesn't just hurt competitors — it costs taxpayers. The ink-and-toner angle is a recurring theme globally: HP has long used firmware updates and supply restrictions to push customers toward official cartridges, and regulators in multiple jurisdictions have scrutinized those practices.\n\n$14.4 million is a fine HP can absorb without noticing it on a balance sheet, which raises the obvious question of whether it changes anything.","[\"hp\",\"antitrust\",\"india\",\"printing\"]","2026-07-16T22:02:31.000Z","2026-07-17T00:53:16.482Z","2026-07-17T00:53:19.414Z","published",null,[],"policy",[26,27,28,29],"hp","antitrust","india","printing",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fgadgets\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fhp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,46,51,54,59,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",2599,"2026-07-17T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":41},"Security","security",305,{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":24,"count":53,"latest_published_at":18},"Policy",165,{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"Hardware","hardware",126,"2026-07-16T20:09:48.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",94,"2026-07-16T16:29:46.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Software","software",71,"2026-07-16T15:33:28.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",60,"2026-07-16T16:59:13.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Startups","startups",42,"2026-07-16T16:30:35.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]