EU: Verfahren gegen Intel

Es besteht der Verdacht des Missbrauchs einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung. Hier ein Auszug aus der Pressemitteilung:

"In the SO, the Commission outlines its preliminary conclusion that Intel has engaged in three types of abuse of a dominant market position. First, Intel has provided substantial rebates to various Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) conditional on them obtaining all or the great majority of their CPU requirements from Intel. Secondly, in a number of instances, Intel made payments in order to induce an OEM to either delay or cancel the launch of a product line incorporating an AMD-based CPU. Thirdly, in the context of bids against AMD-based products for strategic customers in the server segment of the market, Intel has offered CPUs on average below cost."

Intel hat nun 10 Wochen Zeit, eine Stellungnahme abzugeben und in einer mündlichen Anhörung seine Argumente vorzubringen. Sollte Intel die Kommission nicht überzeugen können, dürften empfindliche Geldstrafen drohen.