European consumer groups to encourage consumers to Intel claims

Intel to open European Union Wednesday to a 1.06 billion euros (about 1.45 billion U.S. dollars) in fines that the company used illegal means to squeeze out competitors sell AMD. The last year fined more than a few of Microsoft's. Intel call "wrong" and said he would appeal the ruling.
Santa Clara, California-based Intel accounted for about 80 percent of global PC chip market, but there is only one competitor AMD. The European Commission said that Intel's monopoly position intentionally excluded the use of AMD, limiting consumer choice; Intel to Acer , Dell, HP and NEC to provide rebates to encourage them to buy their own major or all of the x86 chips, and asked them to stop or delay the release of the computer based on AMD chips.

In response, Intel president and CEO Otellini said that the company will appeal because the ruling was wrong, he did not cause harm to consumers; but Intel also promised to comply with the ruling of the European Union, but that the ruling is extremely paradoxical.

President of AMD in Europe a long time里亚诺梅洛尼(Giuliano Meroni) said that the EU ruling power from the hands of a monopoly to the computer manufacturers, retailers and consumers of all PC. The EU executive body said that Intel also Germany's largest retailers of electronic products to provide rebates Media Saturn, with the result that in 2002-2007 the company only entered the Intel computer chip. This means that AMD's Dresden, Germany, Europe's largest factory workers can not buy companies to install their own computer products.

EU anti-trust Commissioner Nelly Kroes (Neelie Kroes) said that over the years through the deliberate exclusion of other Intel competitors, millions of damage the interests of European consumers, such a serious and sustained acts of violation of EU anti-monopoly law is not tolerated. She also jokingly said that Intel is now the latest ads to "sponsor tomorrow" to "sponsor of the European taxpayer";'s views on Intel's future is: to abide by the law.

The EU executive body said that they are based on the past 5 years and 3 months during which the offense Intel chip sales in Europe fines, European chip sales for the annual 22 billion euros (about 30 billion U.S. dollars), the Europeans bought 30% . as a result of the implementation of EU anti-monopoly body to allow the company impose a maximum annual turnover of 10% of the fine be set at a higher level of .2007 fine Intel global revenue for the year 27.9 billion euros (about 38.8 billion U.S. dollars).

European consumer organizations, BEUC welcomed Intel punishment, that should bring a civil action in the European Court, so that the consumer is responsible for Intel. Although very few such cases, the EU urged the victims of antitrust claims through litigation. BEUC responsible Ian莫尼克戈people (Monique Goyens) said that Intel has the responsibility to compensate victims of its illegal conduct, consumers pay too much when buying a computer, it should be compensated.

EU says Intel's rebate to start production in 2002, when a monopoly to provide rebates for large orders, on the condition that the purchase of the other competitors not to buy products or less, which is illegal. If the manufacturer to choose AMD or even small orders are likely to lose most or even all of the rebate, forcing them to buy Intel chips and pay a higher price. Hoovers, according to data research company, HP, Intel purchased the 1 / 5 of the chip, Dell purchased a 18%.

EU officials said that Intel's discounts are so great, the competitors must be sold below cost in order to obtain orders for chips.