May 31 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google on

Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a

federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online

search competition than the 10-year regime suggested by

antitrust enforcers

"We will wait for the Court's opinion. And we still strongly

believe the Court's original decision was wrong, and look

forward to our eventual appeal," Google said in a post on X.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington heard closing

arguments on Friday at a trial on proposals to address Google's

illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.

In April, a federal judge said that Google illegally

dominated two markets for online advertising technology, with

the U.S. Department of Justice saying that Google should sell

off at least its Google Ad Manager, which includes the company's

publisher ad server and its ad exchange.

The DOJ and a coalition of states want Google to share

search data and cease multibillion-dollar payments to Apple ( AAPL )

and other smartphone makers to be the default search

engine on new devices.

Antitrust enforcers are concerned about how Google's search

monopoly gives it an advantage in artificial intelligence

products like Gemini and vice versa.

John Schmidtlein, an attorney for Google, said at the

hearing that while generative AI is influencing how search

looks, Google has addressed any concerns about competition in AI

by no longer entering exclusive agreements with wireless

carriers and smartphone makers including Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF )

, leaving them free to load rival search and AI apps

on new devices.