Europe Union antitrust regulators set to fine Microsoft for breaking browser choice pledge

EU anti-trust chief Joaquin Almunia is expected to use the fine — which could run into hundreds of millions of euros — to set an example after the U.S. software giant became the first company to break a promise made to end an antitrust probe.

Almunia will announce his decision at 1130 GMT, the sources said. Reuters reported last week that EU regulators would fine Microsoft before the end of March.

EU rules mean the company could be penalised US$7.4 billion or 10 percent of its fiscal 2012 revenues although regulators are not expected to levy such a high fine.

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