News Summary

A coalition of cloud service providers has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Broadcom, following the company’s overhaul of VMware’s Cloud Service Provider (CSP) partner program. Since acquiring VMware, Broadcom has significantly reduced the number of CSP partners, favoring larger enterprises and imposing strict eligibility criteria, such as a minimum operation of 3,500 cores. This move has left many smaller CSPs without partnership opportunities. The complaint seeks to have the program reinstated, displaced partners readmitted, and protection measures implemented to prevent Broadcom from retaliating against these partners. The European Commission is urged to impose interim measures to address these concerns.