SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Monday it has decided to give conditional approval to U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Inc.’s purchase of software firm VMware Inc. on concerns the deal may hinder fair competition in the market. The announcement came after Broadcom announced its plan to purchase all of the shares [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. wireless chipmaker Broadcom Inc. said Monday it plans to seek an appeal against the South Korean regulator’s decision to slap a 19.1 billion-won (US$14.3 million) fine for its unfair business practices against Samsung Electronics Co. In a statement, Broadcom said it was “disappointed” over the Fair Trade Commission’s (FTC) decision, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has ruled that the U.S. semiconductor company Broadcom acted unfairly by forcing unfavorable long-term contracts (LTAs) on Samsung Electronics and disrupting the supply of smartphone components. As a result, the KFTC has provisionally imposed a fine of 19.1 billion won on Broadcom’s U.S. headquarters. [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has decided to reject U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Inc.’s proposal to voluntarily correct its unfair business practices with 20 billion won (US$15.5 million), ruling in favor of Samsung Electronics Co. Broadcom made the proposal in January as the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Inc. offered 20 billion won (US$15.8 million) worth of programs to address concerns about its alleged violation of competition law, South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Monday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has been looking into allegations that Broadcom violated local laws by pressing Samsung Electronics Co. [...]
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LitePoint, a leading provider of wireless test solutions, announced today that the LitePoint IQxel-MW wireless test solution has been successfully verified using Broadcom Max WiFi chipsets. LitePoint and Broadcom Limited have collaborated in the design verification of Broadcom Max WiFi chipsets to meet the stringent requirements of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. came closer to catching up with its U.S. archrival Intel Corp. in the global chip market in the second quarter, data showed Monday. Samsung Electronics saw its chip sales reach US$9.45 billion in the April-June period to account for 11.3 percent of the [...]