United Kingdom: Opened consultation on CMA Issues Statement concerning Phase 2 Investigation into VMware acquisition by Broadcom
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Opened consultation on CMA Issues Statement concerning Phase 2 Investigation into VMware acquisition by Broadcom
On 21 April 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published and opened a consultation until 9 May 2023 on an “Issues Statement” as part of Phase 2 of its market investigation into the acquisition of VMware, a provider of multi-cloud services, by Broadcom, a supplier of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. The “Issues Statement” provides a framework for the investigation and outlines the CMA;s approach to assessing whether the merger would result in a substantia lessening of competition and possible remedies, among other issues.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
semiconductors, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2022-11-21
in consultation
2022-12-06
processing consultation
2023-01-25
under deliberation
2023-03-22
under investigation
2023-03-29
under deliberation
2023-04-21
in consultation
2023-05-09
processing consultation
2023-07-19
in consultation
2023-08-09
processing consultation