CISPE Challenges EU Commission’s Defence of Broadcom–VMware Merger
Brussels, 11th December 2025 – CISPE, in a formal response to the General Court of the European...
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Justice Denied!?
As reported in yesterday’s Financial Times, CISPE has lodged a complaint with the European...
Microsoft Green, Broadcom Red, SAP Under Scrutiny
Brussels, 27th October, 2025. The third report form the European Cloud Competition Observatory...
CISPE assigne la Commission Européenne en justice pour faire annuler le rachat de VMware par Broadcom
Bruxelles, le 24 juillet 2025 — Aujourd’hui, l’association Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers...
CISPE verklagt die Europäische Kommission: Anfechtung der EU Entscheidung zur VMware Übernahme durch Broadcom
Brüssel, 24. Juli 2025 — Heute hat die Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE),...
CISPE Takes European Commission to Court to Annul Approval of Broadcom’s Acquisition of VMware
This press release is also available in French and German. Brussels, 24 July 2025 — Today, the...
ECCO Reports No Progress with Broadcom
The European Cloud Competition Observatory has issued a second report warning of Broadcom’s contin...
ECCO highlights new phase in Agreement with Microsoft
Brussels, 16th May 2025. The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) today published its...
European Cloud Competition Observatory Report rates Microsoft as Amber but shows Red Flag for Broadcom
Brussels, 11th February 2025 – Today, the European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO),...
CISPE Launches European Cloud Competition Observatory
Established as key element of Microsoft Settlement, ECCO will scrutinise Unfair Software Licensing...
CISPE and Microsoft Agree Settlement in Fair Software Licensing Case
Microsoft offers new product to settle unfair software licensing claims Nine-month deadline...
Big Boost for Fair Software Licensing
In spite of national holidays across Europe last week, it was a busy time for those campaigning...
CISPE Statement on most recent Broadcom concessions
Broadcom is responding to the pressure from customers, partners and the European Commission by...
Broadcom’s response to market outrage solves nothing
Minor changes, in response to pressure from European Commission, do not address key issues...
Microsoft Faces Global Scrutiny
South Africa joins growing list of jurisdictions probing Microsoft’s unfair software licensing...
France stands up for fair software licensing
Well done France! Yesterday, the two French parliamentary chambers reached a compromise text that...
Broadcom’s brutal contract termination and imposition of prohibitive new licensing terms will decimate Europe’s Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud services essential to public and private sector organisations, including local government,...
New Evidence: Selling Microsoft Software Destroys Profit Margin for Cloud Service Providers in Europe
Brussels, 8th March 2024. Cloud infrastructure providers in Europe are faced with an impossible...
CISPE and Microsoft Open Discussions on ending Unfair Software Licensing
Today, CISPE confirms that it has opened discussions with Microsoft aimed at resolving ongoing...
Yet More Evidence of Microsoft’s Discriminatory Prices in Europe
New research from CCIA reiterates the significant harm visited upon cloud infrastructure service...