Microsoft and Google agree to withdraw complaints against the other

Microsoft Corp and Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc. reached an agreement to withdraw all allegations of regulatory issues that were filed against the other, the companies said Reuters.

"Microsoft is committed to withdrawing its regulatory complaints against Google, reflecting our changing legal priorities. We will continue to focus on business and compete strongly for customers," a Microsoft spokesman in an email.

Google, in another email, said both companies want to compete based on the merits of their products and not "legal procedures".

The companies agreed in September to close all patent infringement litigation, solving 18 cases in the United States and Germany.

"After our patent agreement now agreed to withdraw complaints against regulation," Google said Friday.

Google's rivals had contacted US regulators claiming that the internet services company unfairly uses its Android system to make online advertising, they told Reuters last year

people with knowledge of the case.

The European Commission also accused Google last year of distorting the results of Internet searches to favor its shopping service, harming both rivals and consumers.