Google Pushes for Antitrust Action against Microsoft in UK Cloud Market

Antitrust authority will take action against Microsoft, alleging that its business practices have put competitors at a major disadvantage.

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Because of their hegemony in the cloud computing space, Microsoft and Amazon are coming under increasing international scrutiny.

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In October of last year, the CMA began looking into the cloud computing sector in Britain.

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The public cloud infrastructure services market in Britain was dominated by Microsoft's Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2022, with a combined share of 70–80%.

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Our concern with Microsoft is that there isn't a technical problem.

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