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kuai technology news on october 4, according to media reports,at&t recently filed a lawsuit against broadcom over its vmware licensing agreement, claiming it was entitled to two years of guaranteed support.

according to email evidence submitted, broadcom attempted to significantly raise prices to maintain the agreement, while at&t is seeking legal means to force broadcom to comply with the service agreement signed between the two parties for vmware products.

according to reports, the latest offer for a new five-year contract received by at&t includes an annual increase of 1,050%. at&t executive susan johnson described the price increase proposal as "extreme" and not in line with the strategic partner's business. way.

johnson also pointed out that at&t is organizing a comprehensive migration away from vmware's virtualization technology, which is expected to cost $40 million to $50 million.

gordon mansfield, at&t's vice president of global technology planning, explained that replacing the entire vmware protocol stack would likely require a significant investment and involve a lot of expensive, time-consuming engineering work.

vmware software, which is deeply integrated into the products at&t buys from vendors, is critical to keeping the company's network up and running. at&t cannot unilaterally replace vmware products without working with these vendors

mansfield added that the situation is further complicated by the fact that broadcom is now actively blocking some vendors from selling certain vmware products to at&t.