T-Mobile has filed a lawsuit in New York against Broadcom, claiming it was contractually entitled to renew support for its VMware perpetual licenses. T-Mobile purchased perpetual VMware licenses in 2023 with two years of support and an option for a third year, but Broadcom refused to honor the renewal after discontinuing perpetual license sales in favor of subscriptions. The dispute involves tens of thousands of virtual machines across roughly 303,140 CPU cores. A judge granted a temporary injunction allowing T-Mobile to receive support through August 2026 for $5.28 million. Meanwhile, T-Mobile is actively migrating off VMware, though migrating over 1,000 applications presents significant technical and time challenges.
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