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EC issues charges against Intel for anti competitive behaviour |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Saturday, 28 July 2007 |
 The European Commission issued formal charges against Intel on Thursday for allegedly using illegal tactics against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a European Commission spokesman said.
According to Reuters, the Commission has spent years investigating Intel's tactics to determine whether it acted unfairly to preserve its dominance over AMD.
"I can confirm the statement of objections has been sent," said Ton Van Lierop,
a spokesman for the European Commission. The formal charges are contained in a statement of objections. The charges states that Intel used illegal methods to coerce OEM computer
manufacturers to ship systems with Intel rather than AMD processors.
Intel's European offices were raided by EU investigators in 2005. In 2006, AMD filed a formal complaint with the Bundeskartellamt, the German Federal Cartel Office, accusing a German and Intel of entering into an agreement under which the German retailer would only sell Intel PCs in exchange for undisclosed payments from Intel. The EC took over that investigation from the Bundeskartellamt.
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