EU antitrust watchdogs deepen scrutiny of Broadcom's VMware licensing changes

European Union antitrust regulators are taking a closer look at Broadcom's licensing overhaul for VMware software following its $61 billion takeover, Bloomberg reported, amid concerns that customers are being made to suffer. The summary does not specify any formal investigation, charges, or remedy, and no timeline for a decision is given. The scrutiny concerns how Broadcom has restructured VMware licensing since acquiring the virtualization vendor, a change that affects enterprise customers' costs and terms for running VMware infrastructure.