The European Commission said Broadcom , the world's leading supplier of chipsets used for TV set-top boxes and modems, is engaging in anti-competitive practices and ordered it to halt the practices. Broadcom is using clauses containing exclusive or quasi-exclusive purchasing obligations and granting customers commercial advantages conditional on the customer buying systems-on-a-chip for cable modems exclusively or quasi-exclusively, the regulator alleged. The Commission's use of injunction power was the first in 18 years, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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