Microsoft submits documents to avoid fine

BRUSSELS - Microsoft has submitted documents required by the European Commission in an effort to avoid further fines, a spokeswoman for the European Union antitrust regulator confirmed today.

"We received the technical documentation from Microsoft. The competition services are currently analysing it with the help of the trustee. It's too early to say whether they complied with the decision," the spokeswoman said.

Earlier this month, European Union regulators fined Microsoft 280.5 ($583.88) million euros for defying a 2004 antitrust ruling requiring it to share key information on its office servers with rivals, and warned the company to comply or face bigger fines from next month.

Part of the decision was based on the evaluation of a special trustee.

- REUTERS