Competition and Markets Authority investigation into cloud services
This morning I was interviewed on BBC’s World Business Report about Ofcom’s probe into practices and features that could limit competition in cloud infrastructure services. The regulator was expected to refer the market to the Competition and Markets Authority to examine the strength of competition and any features that could limit innovation and growth. Shortly after the broadcast was aired, the CMA launched its investigation as expected.
The referral comes on the back of a market study where Ofcom found that there are two leading providers of cloud infrastructure services in the UK: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft who have a combined share of 60-70% and where Google is their closest competitor with a share of 5-10%.
Further details can be found on the CMA's case page here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-launches-market-investigation-into-cloud-services
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