Britain’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday raised concerns over competition in the multi-billion-pound cloud computing market and singled out Microsoft and Amazon as the dominant players.

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An independent inquiry report has told the UK’s competition watchdog to consider investigating AWS and Microsoft’s cloud services.

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Microsoft and Amazon Web Services could face investigation in the UK over cloud services

Britain's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday raised concerns over competition in the multi-billion-pound cloud computing market.

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Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services could come under scrutiny from U.K. regulators after an independent investigation found a lack of competition in the cloud-services market. What To Know: The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Tuesday that an investigation provisionally found that low competition for cloud services could drive prices higher and result in less choice for consumers, acco…

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The UK antitrust regulator singled out Microsoft for using its software domain to stifle rivals in the 9-billion-pound (R$ 65.7 billion) cloud services market in the United Kingdom, while the enforcement agency warned that competition “isn't working”.
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O regulador antitruste do Reino Unido destacou a Microsoft por usar seu dom�nio em software para sufocar rivais no mercado de servi�os em nuvem de 9 bilh�es de libras (R$ 65,7 bi) no Reino Unido, enquanto o �rg�o de fiscaliza��o alertou que a concorr�ncia "n�o est� funcionando".
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has suffered a worldwide drop in its services that has affected users and companies in Spain. According to DownDetector reports, the problems began to be noticed around 10:00 PM of Spain on Wednesday January 29, interrupting a series of platforms and services that depend on Amazon's cloud infrastructure. The problem has now been solved, as reported by AWS itself to 20bits. This is the company's statement (the hours that…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) ha sufrido una caída mundial de sus servicios que ha afectado a usuarios y empresas en España. Según los reportes de DownDetector, los problemas comenzaron a ser notados alrededor de las 10:00 hora peninsular de España este miércoles 29 de enero, interrumpiendo una serie de plataformas y servicios que dependen de la infraestructura en la nube de Amazon.Actualmente el problema ha sido resuelto, según han informado desde …

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The competition watchdog could be set for a showdown with Amazon and Microsoft after an independent inquiry group said the regulator should probe the two firms’ dominance in the cloud services market. After launching an investigation into the market in 2023, the inquiry group said today that competition in the £9bn sector was not working “as well as it could” and customers may be facing higher prices, less choice and a lower quality of services …

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