Broadcom hit with EU antitrust complaint, request for interim measure

BRUSSELS: U.S. chipmaker Broadcom risks an EU antitrust probe after lobbying group Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe on Thursday urged EU regulators to temporarily stop it from ending its VMware Cloud Service Provider programme in Europe.

CISPE, which has ‌nearly 50 ⁠members ⁠across Europe and counts Microsoft and Amazon as associate members, sued the European Commission last year for approving Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware in 2023, saying the EU competition watchdog had failed to examine the deal properly.