Intel may face fresh EC antitrust charges
Published: 16 Jul 2008 08:13 BST
Intel is expected to face new antitrust charges from European regulators that focus on the chip giant's marketing and sales practices, according to a report on Tuesday night on The Wall Street Journal's website, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
The new charges, which could come as early as Thursday, allege Intel offered inducements to European retailers in return for not buying processors from rival AMD, the paper reported.
"We are continuing to co-operate and really don't know what the [European] Commission will do," Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy told the paper when asked about the possibility of new charges. "We believe we operate within the law."
The expected charges are the latest chapter in Intel's antitrust battle with regulators in the US and abroad.
In June, it was reported that Intel's business practices had come under the scrutiny of the US Federal Trade Commission, which had opened a formal antitrust investigation of the chipmaker.
Intel has also been under intense scrutiny in other parts of the world, especially in Europe, South Korea and Japan, but it has faced little objection to its business practices at home in the US in recent years, other than a recent investigation launched at the state level by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo.
Credit: Report: Intel faces new EU antitrust charges from CNET News.com
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