United Kingdom: Closed CMA consultation on Broadcom and VMware merger
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Closed CMA consultation on Broadcom and VMware merger
On 6 December 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation regarding the acquisition by Broadcom Inc. of VMware Inc., a provider of multi-cloud services. Representations submitted will assist the CMA investigation into determining if the transaction may lead to a relevant merger situation under the Enterprise Act 2002 and whether the creation of such a situation would potentially lead to a substantial lessening of competition in the UK market.
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