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325 AT&T Claims VMware By Broadcom Offered It a 1,050% Price Increase

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 10/01/2024 19:00 EDT

AT&T Claims VMware By Broadcom Offered It a 1,050% Price Increase

The Register's Simon Sharwood reports: 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. The claim of the colossal price hike came in an email [PDF] filed in evidence by AT&T in its case alleging Broadcom hasn't honored a contract that would allow the carrier to acquire an additional two years of support services for its VMware estate. The email was penned by AT&T executive vice president and general manager.

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