Intel: Antitrust Agencies Are Testing the Limits
Paul Meller, IDG News Service
May 13, 2009 11:50 am
Antitrust regulators around the world, led chiefly by the European
Commission, are testing the limits of the law in their pursuit of Intel
and its practice of offering rebates to computer manufacturers and IT
retailers, Intel Senior Vice President Bruce Sewell said Wednesday.
He spoke to journalists shortly after the European Commission found
Intel guilty of abusing its dominant position in the microprocessor chip
market in Europe, at the expense of its only significant rival, Advanced
Micro Devices.
The Commission fined Intel a record €1.06 billion (US$1.44 billion) and
ordered it to stop handing out rebates to PC manufacturers and retailers
on condition of near or total exclusivity. It also ordered the firm to
stop paying PC makers to delay the launch of models equipped with AMD chips.
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