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☆ Microsoft in EU antitrust crosshairs over Teams, Office tie-up
  + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Foo Yun Chee Sudip Kar-Gupta | Foo Yun Chee | Sudip Kar-Gupta | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The U.S. tech giant has racked up 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in EU antitrust fines in the previous decade for practices in breach of EU competition rules, including tying or bundling two or more products together. Teams, which Microsoft added to Office 365 in 2017 for free to eventually replace Skype for Business, soared in popularity during the pandemic especially after it offered video conferencing. Reuters reported earlier this month that the EU antitrust watchdog was set to open a probe after Microsoft declined to offer bigger price cuts on its Office without Teams. German rival alfaview, which last week filed a complaint similar to Slack's with the EU executive, welcomed the EU investigation. EU fines for antitrust violations can go as high as 10% of a company's global turnover.
Persons: Margrethe Vestager, Niko Fostiropoulos, Foo Yun Chee, Sudip Kar, Gupta, David Evans, Jane Merriman Organizations: Microsoft, European Union, European Commission, Salesforce, Skype, Business, Reuters, EU, Commission, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, U.S, Europe
☆ Exclusive: Microsoft hit with EU antitrust complaint by German rival
  + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Foo Yun Chee | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
BRUSSELS, July 20 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) was hit with an EU antitrust complaint by German rival alfaview on Thursday, the second so far over its bundling of video app Teams into its Office product. The U.S. software giant has been on the EU competition enforcer's radar since 2020, when Salesforce-owned (CRM.N) workspace messaging app Slack complained about the tying of Teams with Office. Alfaview, based in Karlsruhe in south-western Germany and with a 500-strong workforce, said it had filed a similar complaint to the European Commission. Microsoft added Teams to Office 365 in 2017 for free, with the app eventually replacing Skype for Business. Alfaview urged the EU antitrust watchdog to open a formal investigation, saying remedies offered by its U.S. rival to the Commission were insufficient.
Persons: alfaview, Slack, Niko Fostiropoulos, Alfaview, Foo Yun Chee, David Evans, Emma Rumney Organizations: Microsoft, Regulators, EU, European Commission, U.S ., Skype, Business, Reuters, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, U.S, Karlsruhe, Germany
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