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Unfair Team-ing: Microsoft draws EU's antitrust wrath

The European Union accused Microsoft of antitrust violations for bundling Teams with Office, giving unfair advantage over Slack. It faces potential fine if found guilty. It had previously paid $2.4 billion in EU antitrust fines for similar practices.

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The EU's competition authority has accused Microsoft of breaking its antitrust rules by unfairly bundling Teams with Office. Pic: Freepik

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The European Union has levelled significant antitrust allegations against Microsoft, asserting that the tech giant unlawfully bundled its chat-and-video application, Teams, with its Office suite, thereby gaining an unfair market edge over competitors like Slack.

Reuters reports that this move by the EU competition watchdog came two decades after Microsoft had faced a hefty fine from the EU. The recent actions were instigated by a 2020 complain

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