Computer company to sue IBM

A NICOSIA-based computer company is set to sue industry giant IBM and its local partner ITS for over £300,000.

In a suit filed on December 15, GCC claimed IBM had illegally conspired to obtain details of GCC’s offer for a CyTA tender just one day before its submission.

GCC’s General manager George Costantinou alleged yesterday that employees of IBM and ITS had approached a member of his staff and used “methods” to have GCC’s offer delivered to them in an envelope.

He claimed ITS then dropped their prices to 10 per cent below his and therefore received the contract.

Constantinou added that he had also taken the case to the government department for the protection of competition, as well as its European Union equivalent.

No official comment was available from IBM yesterday, though a source at the company dismissed the claims out of hand.

IBM is the world’s biggest computer manufacturer.

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