Norwegian browser maker Opera urged European Union antitrust regulators on Monday not to rush to close its antitrust case against Microsoft before ensuring a level playing field among browsers.

European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a newspaper interview last week that she was keen to reach a deal with Microsoft before her term ends this year. A settlement would end the company's decade-long dispute with the European Commission. "We are slightly concerned about perhaps a premature settlement in this case," Opera's Chief Technology Officer Hakon Wium Lie told Reuters in an interview.

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