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Thursday 8 January 2009, 5:35 PM

EC smartcard cartel raid companies named

Posted by Tom Espiner

The semiconductor companies raided by European Commission anti-competition inspectors in October were STMicroelectronics, NXP, Infineon, and Renesas, according to a Reuters article.

Inspectors were looking for evidence of price-fixing, customer allocation and exchange of commercially sensitive information.

The EC said in a statement that the inspections are "does not mean that the companies are guilty of anti-competitive behaviour".

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