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Broadcom hit with EU antitrust complaint and request for interim measure
Lobbying group Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe on Thursday urged EU antitrust regulators to temporarily stop Broadcom from ending its VMware Cloud Service Provider programme in Europe, ramping up its fight against the US tech company.
Cloud industry group calls for EU interim measure against Broadcom over VMware
A European lobbying group, CISPE, is asking EU antitrust regulators to halt Broadcom's decision to end its VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe. This move will impact many European cloud providers and their customers. CISPE argues Broadcom's actions are causing irreparable damage. They seek an interim measure to suspend the termination and allow partners readmission.
EU antitrust regulators erred in clearing Broadcom's VMware deal, cloud industry lobby says
EU antitrust regulators failed to analyse properly the risks of Broadcom's $69 billion acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware before clearing the deal, the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has told Europe's second-highest court.
Microsoft in talks to end trade body's cloud computing complaint
CISPE, whose members include Amazon and 26 small EU cloud providers, filed a complaint with the European Commission in late 2022 alleging that Microsoft's new contractual terms imposed on October 1 were harming Europe's cloud computing ecosystem.