With Broad... | European Antitrust Regulators Settle
Broadcom agreed to immediately suspend all existing contracts that contained exclusivity or leveraging provisions for its SoC business.
As part of the legally binding agreement with the European Commission , Broadcom committed to the following:
While this 2020 settlement resolved the chipset probe, Broadcom has faced subsequent scrutiny. In December 2025, cloud industry groups challenged the Commission's earlier approval of Broadcom's $69 billion acquisition of VMware , alleging that regulators failed to properly assess market risks. European antitrust regulators settle with Broad...
This case was notable because the Commission had previously used "interim measures"—a rarely utilized legal tool—to force Broadcom to halt certain practices before the full investigation concluded, aiming to prevent "irreparable damage" to competition.
The company committed not to enter into any new agreements featuring such restrictive terms for a period of seven years. This case was notable because the Commission had
The agreement addressed concerns that Broadcom used exclusivity and quasi-exclusivity clauses to damage competition in markets for for TV set-top boxes and internet modems. Key Settlement Terms
Broadcom was granted 30 days to scrub offending clauses from its active contracts. Context and Significance Key Settlement Terms Broadcom was granted 30 days
In October 2020, European antitrust regulators reached a formal settlement with following an investigation into the company’s anti-competitive practices in the chipset market.
