"Microsoft" is threatened with a heavy fine from the European Union due to the "Times" application

“Microsoft” runs the risk of the European Union imposing a high fine after the supervisory bodies have accused the company of abuse of its power in the market by adding the “teams” application to video conferencing in one package with its other commercial applications. The European Commission said it was quick to write the SO calls objections, claiming that the ‘Microsoft’ would violate the ‘Times’ application with the ‘Office 365’ and ‘Microsoft 365’ (Office 365) and Microsoft 365 (Microsoft 365) violates the rules of competition. The Organization of the European Union added that the behavior of “Microsoft” since 2019 has at least protected its hegemony on the market and distinguishes the “Times” application on competitive applications. The Supervisory Authority explained that this unfair function also strengthened its impact on the limitations of compatibility in effect between ‘times’ and competitive applications. “The maintenance of competition in communication and distance cooperation applications is a fundamental issue because it also encourages innovation in these areas,” the European Union Commissioner for competition matters, Margaret Vastger, said Tuesday. A fine of up to 10% of revenue can increase the fine on violations of anti -monopoly value to 10% of the global revenue the company has achieved, although it rarely reaches this level. Until now, the efforts of “Microsoft” have aimed at avoiding detailed investigations in its behavior in the influence of the supervisory body, but the company has promised to study other concessions that may avoid punishment. “We appreciate the explanation made today, and we will find the necessary solutions to address the remaining commission’s remaining problems after separating the Times application from the application package and taking initial steps on the issue of operational compatibility.” The official warning of the European Union comes after the Slack Correspondence application filed a complaint with the Union Anti -anti -anti -Corporation in 2019. Salsforce, a leader in cloud -based customer management applications, acquired the ‘slack’ application in a $ 27.7 billion transaction in 2021. Like many of its counterparties, the company was negatively affected by the slowdown of the technological sector. announced plans to cover 10% of its employees after their numbers multiplied almost three times during the previous four years. The spread of the “Times” application recorded the use of the “Microsoft Times” application for video conferencing noticeably during the outbreak of the pandemic, when the closures in different parts of the world forced millions to work remotely and commit them to social distance. According to the data issued by Statista, the application achieved a growth within a short period of about two million users per day in the world in the first year of its launch in 2017, up to 300 million users per day in 2023. Microsoft opponents say that the company was able to benefit from its power in the field of personal computer applications to work out the “Times”. Microsoft has spent years in the conflict with monopoly monopoly bodies in the United States and Europe due to complaints that it is not fair between products and that competitors reach the Windows application. However, the company has not faced an official investigation into the European Union associated with the dominance of the market for ten years since the fine imposed in 2013 because it was not committed to providing the choice between internet blast programs. In total, the total number of fines imposed by the European Union on Microsoft has exceeded two billion euros ($ 2.1 billion) due to the violation of monopoly prevention, but over the past few years, it has avoided much to practice the most violent criticism of the most violent criticism. Microsoft’s acquisition of the $ 69 billion game -developing business, Activision Blazard, caused attention to competition protection bodies worldwide, as the European Union eventually agreed to the agreement while making concessions after initially issuing an official warning against it.