Microsoft said to be hit with second antitrust complaint over Teams
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Already under scrutiny in the European Union after Salesforce (CRM) owned Slack complained about its practices, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has reportedly received a second antitrust complaint over its collaboration and messaging software in the 27-country bloc.
Alfaview, based in Germany, has filed a complaint to the European Commission over Microsoft's (MSFT) bundling Teams with Office, which it said gives the U.S. tech giant a competitive advantage that is not justified by performance and unable to be matched by rivals, Reuters reported.
"Tying Teams with the other applications in the Microsoft 365 suite creates a multipolar distribution advantage for the U.S. group," Alfaview managing director and founder Niko Fostiropoulos said in a statement obtained by Reuters.
The European Commission opened an investigation after Teams competitor, Slack, complained about unfair practices in 2020.
Earlier this month, it was reported that Microsoft (MSFT) would likely face an antitrust investigation from the EU over its practices of its Teams messaging platform.
Microsoft (MSFT) reportedly offered to cut the price of its Office software without Teams. However, the European Commission wanted a deeper price cut than Microsoft offered.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (MSFT) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
Microsoft (MSFT) shares fell 0.4% in pre-market trading on Thursday.
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