Microsoft has provided to cost totally different costs for its Office product with and with out its Teams app to stave off a attainable EU antitrust investigation and positive, two folks acquainted with the matter mentioned.
Microsoft has been looking for to handle the EU competitors enforcer’s issues since final yr after Salesforce-owned workspace messaging app Slack complained to the European Fee, different folks acquainted with the matter informed Reuters in December.
Slack in 2020 alleged that Microsoft has unfairly built-in its office chat and video app Groups into its Workplace product. The US tech big launched Groups in 2017 concentrating on the fast-growing and profitable office collaboration market.
The European Fee on Thursday mentioned there have been different complainants moreover Slack.
“Now we have obtained a number of complaints relating to Microsoft, together with by Slack, relating to Microsoft’s conduct in relation to its Groups product. As the evaluation is ongoing so we can’t remark additional,” a spokesperson mentioned.
Microsoft mentioned it continued to interact cooperatively with the Fee and was “open to pragmatic options that deal with its issues and serve prospects properly”.
Salesforce declined to remark.
The EU antitrust watchdog is looking for suggestions from Microsoft rivals on its proposal, the folks mentioned.
Within the final decade, the European Fee fined Microsoft EUR 2.2 billion (almost Rs. 19,800 crore) for practices in breach of EU competitors guidelines, together with tying or bundling two or extra merchandise collectively.
© Thomson Reuters 2023
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