Tech giants Amazon and Microsoft have come under fire as media regulator Ofcom said it would refer the cloud market to the UK competition watchdog after uncovering what it called “concerning practices” by key market players during an investigation.
Ofcom said it was calling in the Competition and Markets Authority because it was “particularly concerned about the practices of Amazon and Microsoft because of their market position” which it said were “already causing harm” to customers. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have a combined share of the cloud market in the UK of up to 70%, the regulator said.
