South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has conditionally approved Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, leaving China as the holdout ahead of the forecast October 30 closing day for the mammoth deal.
The Commission on Monday published its decision, which expresses concern that Broadcom’s ownership of VMware could reduce competition for fiber channel host bus adapters (HBAs). The regulator has therefore required Broadcom to license drivers for the adapters and make the source code for its…