The software giant lobbied on efforts to map and expand the availability of high-speed Internet access and supported new rules recently approved by the Federal Communications Commission that will allow the use of "white spaces" -- the unused, unlicensed spectrum between television channels -- to deliver wireless broadband access.

In addition, the Redmond, Wash.-based company lobbied on competition in the online advertising market. Microsoft was a key opponent to a proposed advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. Those two companies recently abandoned the deal in the face of a looming antitrust challenge being prepared by the Justice Department.

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