“To give voice to the complaints we receive from customers – and from the entire sector – and to find a solution that benefits everyone, we are now going to take the next step: filing a formal complaint with the European Commission,” he announced.
Brussels is traditionally the global stage where the anti-competitive practices of the American technological giants are most investigated and analyzed. The two firms involved in this lawsuit, both the complainant and the defendant, have a long history of proceedings in which the European Commission has concluded that they abused their dominant position in the market. Google, pending the conclusion of the judicial process of the sanctions, has accumulated fines of more than 8 billion imposed by the Competition Department of the European Executive.
For its part, Microsoft has once again faced a robust department this summer that will presumably soon be headed by the Spanish third vice president, Teresa Ribera. This digital giant was one of the first to face the examination of the rules of the EU market more than 20 years ago. Since then, however, it has been one of the least disciplined companies. The investigation into Teams has changed the trend in recent years.
