EU Commission: Broadcom/VMware clearance antitrust case

Decision

Regulator

ECEuropean Commission

acted against

Against

BroadcomVMware

After an in-depth probe, the Commission approved Broadcom's purchase of VMware on condition that Broadcom keep VMware software interoperable with rival Fibre Channel host bus adapters.

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