The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded its investigation into the cloud computing sector, revealing that dominant practices by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are stifling competition and innovation. This comprehensive inquiry, initiated in October 2023...
Here’s a summary of the situation based on the CNBC article and the latest regulatory actions:
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that Microsoft and Amazon are hurting competition in the UK cloud computing industry. The CMA highlighted significant “market concentration”...
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The European Union's protracted antitrust investigation into Microsoft's bundling of its Teams application with Office 365 appears to be approaching a resolution. The European Commission has initiated a public consultation on Microsoft's latest commitments aimed at addressing competition...
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