By Scharon Harding
Publication Date: 2026-03-19 21:29:00
“In January 2026 Broadcom signaled the termination of its VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe,” CIPSE said in a statement. This unilateral decision removed all but a tiny minority of hand-selected partners and excluded most European CSPs from selling VMware products.”
In its complaint, CISPE also accused Broadcom of “ongoing abuse,” citing sharp price hikes—up to tenfold, with some customers reporting as much as 900 percent increases—along with product bundling and commitment requirements based on projected rather than actual use, The Register reported.
“After imposing outrageous and unjustified price hikes immediately following the acquisition of VMware, Broadcom is now applying the ‘coup de grâce.’ We need urgent intervention to force them to change,” CISPE Secretary General Francisco Mingorance said, according to the publication.
In a statement responding to CISPE’s antitrust complaint, Broadcom said:
Broadcom…