{"id":23128,"date":"2012-09-27T10:37:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T08:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=23128"},"modified":"2012-09-27T14:18:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T12:18:09","slug":"microsoft-to-be-charged-in-antitrust-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/software\/23128\/microsoft-to-be-charged-in-antitrust-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft to be charged in antitrust case"},"content":{"rendered":"

EU regulators are preparing to charge U.S. software company Microsoft<\/a> for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer users a choice of web browsers, the EU’s antitrust chief said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“The next step is to open a formal proceeding into the company’s breach of an agreement,” EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia<\/a> told reporters. “It should not be a long investigation because the company itself explicitly recognized its breach of the agreement.”<\/p>\n

The European Commission opened an investigation into the case in July, the first time a company is alleged to have failed to meet its commitments under EU antitrust decisions. If found guilty, Microsoft could face fines up to 10 percent of its global turnover.<\/p>\n

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