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Comment: Thales, Gemalto deal likely to face antitrust queries over hardware security modules

By Nicholas Hirst and Flavia Fortes* ( June 11, 2018, 15:58 GMT | Comment) -- Thales and Gemalto’s proposed merger would bring together two units that have in the past tried to merge, but abandoned the transaction due to antitrust concerns. Thales’ nCipher and Gemalto’s SafeNet called off their deal in 2006, after the UK regulator raised concerns about the market for hardware security modules. While a decade has passed, the companies could face similar questions from antitrust regulators reviewing the deal.Thales and Gemalto’s proposed merger would bring together two units that have in the past tried to merge, but abandoned the transaction due to antitrust concerns....

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