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Google is extending its third-party in-app billing pilot programme to new markets including India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan and European Economic Area (EEA). With the latest update, non-gaming developers of mobile or tablet apps can use an additional billing system along with that of Google Play. Service fees will be levied from developers under the choice billing pilot project. When a consumer chooses to use an alternative billing system, the service fee paid by the developer will be reduced by 4 percent. The search giant announced the expansion of the user choice billing pilot programme to India and other four markets via its support page. With the latest update, developers of non-gaming apps with a registered business in India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan and the European Economic Area (EEA) can use an alternative billing mechanism alongside that of Google Play. There will be a service fee for developers which gets reduced by 4 percent when an alternate system is used by cons...