Samsung, Philips Sent EU Complaints Over Smart-Card Chips
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Samsung Electronics Co. and Royal Philips Electronics NV are among companies to receive European Union antitrust complaints over claims they fixed the price of microchips for smart cards.
The European Commission said yesterday it sent statements of objections to a number of companies with its view “that they may have participated in a cartel.” The commission didn’t identify the companies. Philips, Samsung, Infineon Technologies AG and Renesas Technology Corp. said they received a complaint, which can be a precursor to fines.