This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. The approval is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by Broadcom. Today’s decision follows an in-depth investigation of the proposed acquisition. Broadcom is a hardware […]Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of VMware by Broadcom, subject to conditions
July 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. The approval is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by Broadcom. Today’s decision follows an in-depth investigation of the proposed acquisition. Broadcom is a hardware […]Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of VMware by Broadcom
December 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. The Commission is particularly concerned that the transaction would allow Broadcom to restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components which […]Antitrust: Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Broadcom concerning TV set-top box and modem chipset markets
April 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission invites comments from interested parties on commitments offered by Broadcom to address competition concerns in relation to Broadcom’s conduct in various TV set-top box and modem chipset markets. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “TV set-top boxes […]Antitrust: Commission imposes interim measures on Broadcom in TV and modem chipset markets
October 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has ordered Broadcom to stop applying certain provisions contained in agreements with six of its main customers. This will prevent serious and irreparable harm to competition likely to be caused by Broadcom’s conduct, which prima facie (at first sight) infringes EU […]Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into Broadcom and sends Statement of Objections seeking to impose interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets
June 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Broadcom may be restricting competition through exclusivity practices, in breach of EU rules. The Commission intends to impose interim measures during the investigation with regard to TV and modem chipsets markets. Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner […]Will Qualcomm avoid Broadcom’s hostile takeover post the 1 bn euro EU antitrust fine?
January 31, 2018 by 1 Comment
The EU antitrust fine to Qualcomm comes as the latter attempts to avoid the 105 billion dollar hostile takeover by competitor Broadcom which keeps on biding higher and higher. Qualcomm seems to be in serious pressure as several fines have been imposed on the company for market dominance abuse and there are plenty of cases […]
