AT&T, VMware and Broadcom
“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says
AT&T's contract with VMware may be one of the firm's bigger accounts. A 1,034 percent price hike would be another level, however, even for a company the size of AT&T. Per Johnson's email, AT&T and Broadcom have had a "strategic relationship" for over a decade.
Broadcom tried to hit AT&T with a 1,050% price increase for VMware products
AT&T is resorting to legal action in an effort to compel Broadcom to comply with the service agreement it signed for using VMware products. The technology
AT&T claims VMware by Broadcom offered it a 1,050 percent price rise
And that Broadcom has prevented vendors from selling to the telco giant AT&T has claimed that Broadcom made it an offer to increase prices by 1,050 percent, and may be influencing other vendors to make a migration harder.
Broadcom wanted to increase AT&T’s VMware prices by 1,050 per cent
Making life harder for all its customers AT&T claimed Broadcom offered to jack up its prices by 1,050 per cent and maybe influencing other vendors to make a migration harder. The colossal price hike claim was mentioned in email evidence in AT&T’s case,
AT&T claims it faced a tenfold VMware price hike under Broadcom
The telecommunications company projected it would cost up to $50 million to migrate off VMware, EVP and GM Susan Johnson said in an email to Broadcom CEO Hock Tan.
VMware called out after apparently offering this major customer a huge price rise
AT&T has accused VMware of proposing a staggering 1,050% price increase under its new Broadcom ownership, leading to a legal dispute between the two companies. The claim was shared in a legal document filed by AT&T,
Broadcom responds to AT&T’s VMware support lawsuit: AT&T has “other options”
AT&T filed a lawsuit [ PDF] against Broadcom, alleging that Broadcom is breaking a contract by refusing to provide a one-year ...
AT&T intends to quit VMware, Broadcom claims in legal broadside
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Broadcom hits back at AT&T in VMware support dispute
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1050% price increase: AT&T shoots against Broadcom
The US telecommunications group AT&T is making serious allegations against Broadcom, which acquired the software company ...
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AT&T accuses VMware owner Broadcom of bullying tactics and price gouging
AT&T is pursuing a syrupy exit strategy for VMware. In a legal dispute, the telecom giant says VMware owner Broadcom didn't ...
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Broadcom fires back at AT&T in legal battle over VMware support
The chipmaker said AT&T had time to choose an alternative and was planning to migrate off VMware anyway, according to court documents filed last week.