Google’s purchase of mobile advertising provider AdMob for $750 million has drawn closer regulatory scrutiny as U.S. antitrust officials have asked Google for more information on the deal, Google said in a blog post Wednesday.

Google has been talking to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the deal and the agency gave Google a “second request” for information this week, Paul Feng, a Google product manager, said in the post. Google announced the acquisition plans last month, saying AdMob’s focus on in-application and mobile display ads would dovetail with Google's strength in mobile search ads.

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