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| Microsoft has stepped up its rivalry with Google, claiming in its first-ever complaint to antitrust regulators that Google systematically thwarts Internet search competition. |
Microsoft has stepped up its rivalry with Google, claiming in its first-ever complaint to antitrust regulators that Google systematically thwarts Internet search competition.
The formal complaint to European Commission regulators marks a role change for Microsoft, itself the target of antitrust action for two decades in the U.S. and Europe.
The complaint also underscores the erosion of Microsoft's near-monopoly of the personal computer market, as Apple has outgrown it in revenue. Google controls over 90 percent of the Internet search advertising market in Europe, well ahead of Microsoft's Bing.
In its complaint on Thursday, Microsoft claims Google engages in a "pattern of actions" that unfairly impede competition.
