Antitrust: Kommissionen indleder undersøgelse af Broadcom, sender klagepunktsmeddelelse og agter at pålægge midlertidige foranstaltninger på markedet for TV og moderne chipsæt
(WorldNews Denmark)

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 in charge of competition policy, said: `TV set-top boxes and modems are part of our daily lives, for both work and for leisure. We suspect that Broadcom, a major supplier of components for these devices, has put in place contractual restrictions to exclude its competitors from the market. This would prevent Broadcom`s customers and, ultimately, final consumers...