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Beijing, March 29 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft has proposed to change its cloud computing strategy in order to resolve antitrust complaints lodged by smaller competitors, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid an EU antitrust investigation.

Prior to this, French cloud computing service provider OVHcloud, Italian cloud service provider Aruba and Danish cloud service provider association have complained to the European Commission about Microsoft's cloud operation and license agreement.

Microsoft has put forward a specific proposal based on the content announced by Microsoft President Brad Smith last year, the person familiar with the matter said.

The European Commission, the competition law enforcement agency of the 27 EU member states, has fined Microsoft a total of more than 1.6 billion euros (currently about 11.92 billion yuan) over the past decade, the person familiar with the matter said. This time the European Commission will also oversee the final resolution of the complaint.

Microsoft said it changed its licensing practices in October last year, based on feedback from European cloud providers.

EU antitrust regulators and OVHcloud declined to comment. Aruba and the Danish Association of Cloud Service providers have not yet responded.

The European Cloud Infrastructure Service provider (CISPE) is a trade organization whose members include Amazon, the market leader in cloud computing. The group says Microsoft's approach is not the way to resolve complaints.

A spokesman for the group said: "We have had preliminary discussions with Microsoft, but we have not seen any changes made by Microsoft to ensure that all European customers have the opportunity to run the software they want on the cloud of their choice. and free from unfair license terms or discriminatory pricing. Therefore, we will continue to complain."

It was reported last week that competitors wanted Microsoft to do more to resolve their complaints after the initial offer did not meet the requirements. 'This has put tremendous pressure on Microsoft to improve its plan, 'the person familiar with the matter said.

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