Otellini defends Intel in EU's antitrust hearing
Chip maker Intel fielded
its chief executive Paul Otellini to defend the company's business practices
at an antitrust hearing in Brussels this week. The two-day confidential meeting
with Europe's top antitrust authority, the European Commission, also involved
competitors including Advanced
Micro Devices and the European consumer group BEUC.
The Commission has charged Intel with abusing its dominant position in the
market by paying computer makers for scrapping or delaying the launch of machines
fitted with AMD chips, and of selling its chips for server computers at below
cost to large customers such as governments and universities.
Intel has consistently argued that it is competing fairly in a very competitive
industry.
The Commission's antitrust officials will now begin drafting a final ruling.
There is no formal deadline for antitrust decisions.
Speaking after the hearing, BEUC director general Monique Goyens explained
her organization's interest in the case. "We want to ensure that the consumer
interests are fully taken into account in competition policy in general and
in its enforcement in the computer sector in particular," she said in a
statement Thursday.
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