 The U.K.s Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday that it was investigating Broadcom Inc.s AVGO planned 61 billion purchase of VMware Inc. VMW The CMA disclosed in a press release that the deadline for a phase 1 decision is March 22, though the agency isnt guaranteeing that a decision will be announced by then. The European Commission is also looking into the merger, it announced in December, citing the possibility that the deal would allow Broadcom to restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components which interoperate with VMwares software. 