T-Mobile is asking a New York court to rule that Broadcom is contractually obligated to continue supporting VMware perpetual licenses.
In its complaint, T-Mobile said it has tens of thousands of virtual machines running VMware software on about 303,140 CPU cores. He also said he was moving from VMware, but noted time-consuming and technical difficulties Participates in the migration of more than 1000 applications.
As first reported, he appealed to the court Registration this day, August, 2025, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York (PDF).
The mobile company claimed that in 2023, it received two years of support with perpetual VMware licenses, plus the option to purchase a third year. But after Broadcom bought VMware, it stopped selling VMware perpetual licenses in favor of subscriptions and began bundling VMware products into several, more expensive packages.
When T-Mobile tried to extend support for a third year at $5,288,398.45, Broadcom refused, according to an August 2025 filing from T-Mobile. A Broadcom representative reportedly told T-Mobile via email: “Broadcom has announced the end of availability of all perpetual products that include the Annual Update for perpetual support.”
The judge ordered T-Mobile to pay $5.28 million in support services from October 2025 to August 3, 2026, plus post a $500,000 bond.
T-Mobile now wants to declare that it has the right to renew support services and receive additional assistance as the court deems necessary.
