“Broadcom indicated it will end its VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe in January 2026,” CIPSE said in a statement. This unilateral decision removed all but a few hand-selected partners and excluded most European CSPs from selling VMware products.
In its complaint, CISPE also accused Broadcom of “continued abuse”, citing sharp price increases – up to tenfold, with some customers reporting increases of up to 900 percent – as well as product bundling and commitment requirements based on estimated rather than actual usage, The Register reports.
“After implementing outrageous and unfair price increases immediately after the acquisition of VMware, Broadcom is now implementing a ‘coup’. We need immediate intervention to force them to change,” said CISPE Secretary General Francisco Mingorense, according to the publication.
In a statement responding to CISPE’s antitrust complaint, Broadcom said:
Broadcom, the hyperscaler-funded organization, strongly disagrees with CISPE’s allegations, which misrepresent market realities. We are committed to making significant investments in our European VMware Cloud Service Provider partners… helping them provide hyperscalers with alternatives and meet the growing needs of European businesses and organizations.
CISPE currently has 50 members. It also names hyperscalers Amazon Web Services and Microsoft as “follower members”, whom CISPE claims do not have voting rights and are prohibited from participating in certain activities.
In July, CISPE filed an appeal with the European General Court in an attempt to overturn the EC’s approval of Broadcom’s VMware acquisition. That case is ongoing.
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