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Facing monopoly fears, US senator to discuss growing big tech dominance

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This comes at a time when voices for better antitrust enforcement in the new emerging smart home devices have grown with the smaller companies becoming insignificant

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Fearing monopoly, the US Congress has announced to take up the issue regarding big tech firms including .com and Alphabet's breaching more homes with smart home devices for further discussion. This comes at a time when voices for better antitrust enforcement in the new emerging smart home devices have grown with the smaller companies like speaker maker Sonos Inc quickly becoming insignificant.

The hearing also takes place at a time of extraordinary interest in tougher antitrust enforcement, much of it focused on the biggest US technology companies. One result has been a series of investigations and several federal and state lawsuits filed against Google and Facebook as well as a long list of antitrust bills.

Senator Amy Klobuchar, who chairs the antitrust subcommittee, is hoping to act before the existing tech giants, in this case, Amazon and Google, establish themselves as unassailable.

In the smart speaker market, Klobuchar cited data that showed that Amazon was at 53% market share while Google was at 31%.

“This is an area where we can look forward and see around the corner and not just respond years later,” Klobuchar said, noting that people are buying everything from smart speakers to smart door locks and more. “We know that this is a growing market.”

Smart home technology can be smart speakers like Amazon's Echo or Google's Nest, security systems, or televisions.

Meanwhile, the Congress witnesses will include , Amazon's associate general counsel, and Google Senior Public Policy Director Wilson White, along with Sonos Chief Legal Officer Eddie Lazarus.

Last year, Sonos CEO told a congressional committee that Google and Amazon used their dominance of search and online retail, respectively, to subsidize the smart speaker market and, potentially, dominate the market for other smart home devices.

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