REDMOND (dpa-AFX) - Software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has Sunday promised all corporation to the Chinese regulatory authorities related to the antitrust probe against the company in China. This was emphasized by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at a meeting with China's top regulator State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) in Beijing.
China has already summoned and questioned senior executives of Microsoft in China as part of a anti-monopoly investigation after the regulators seized evidence from multiple Microsoft offices in China.
In a meeting with SAIC Secretary Zang Mao, Nadella said Microsoft will provide all information and materials requested by investigators in a timely fashion, while being confident that the government probe will be objective, impartial and transparent. He added that Microsoft will comply with Chinese law and cooperate fully with the investigation.
SAIC said the probe will be in strict accordance with the statutory authority and legal procedures to ensure fair and transparent investigation process.
Nadella noted that he is confident of development in China and would ensure compliance in order to participate in market competition, to achieve development in China.
In early September, a SAIC investigation team questioned Microsoft's Vice President David Chen and other staff members on the company's alleged monopoly activities in China, and asked the company to give a written explanation within 20 days.
In June 2013, the SAIC investigated complaints from enterprises that Microsoft used tie-in sales and verification codes in its Windows operating system and Microsoft Office software suite, practices that may have violated China's anti-monopoly law.
The SAIC said the company did not fully disclose information about its products, as required by law, causing software incompatibility issues.
Microsoft is among the several foreign companies that have been the target of antitrust investigations in China in recent months.
MSFT closed Friday's regular trading session at $46.41, up $0.37 or 0.80% on a volume of 27.08 million shares.
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