{"id":90133,"date":"2025-09-12T22:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/microsoft-avoids-eu-fine-with-teams-unbundling-agreement"},"modified":"2025-09-12T22:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:45:59","slug":"microsoft-avoids-eu-fine-with-teams-unbundling-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/microsoft-avoids-eu-fine-with-teams-unbundling-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Avoids EU Fine with Teams Unbundling Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The European Commission announced Friday that it had accepted commitments by US tech giant Microsoft to unbundle its team collaboration platform Teams from its other apps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These commitments will henceforth be legally binding under EU antitrust rules,&#8221; the commission said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling effectively shields Microsoft from potentially large antitrust penalties. The commission, the EU&#8217;s executive branch, accused the firm last year of breaking competition laws by &#8220;abusively&#8221; combining its Office and Teams products.<\/p>\n<p>The tech giant will let customers with long-term licenses convert to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites without Teams and provide versions of its software suites at a discounted price without Teams as part of the pledges, which were initially announced by Microsoft in May.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Microsoft will enable customers to transfer data from Teams to rival apps and offer compatibility between Teams&#8217; rival tools and certain Microsoft products.<\/p>\n<p>Following a market test of the company&#8217;s first undertakings by the European Commission, Microsoft has since promised to make further commitments to address its competition concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Among the first commitments were a 50% price increase between some Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites without Teams and those with Teams, as well as an explanation that Microsoft websites promoting a suite with Teams should provide the same offer without Teams.<\/p>\n<p>The commission launched an investigation in 2023 into Microsoft&#8217;s alleged violation of EU competition rules by merging its chat and online meeting platform Teams with Office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mozambique<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. The European Commission announced Friday that it had accepted commitments by US tech giant Microsoft to unbundle its team collaboration platform Teams from its other apps. &#8220;These commitments will henceforth be legally binding under EU antitrust rules,&#8221; the commission said in a statement. 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