Ofcom launches probe of UK cloud services market

Penny Horwood
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Big three hyperscalers under scrutiny

Regulator will examine the position of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the cloud services market with the aim of ensuring that digital communications markets are working for UK businesses and consumers.

Ofcom announced today the launch of a market study into the £15 billion UK cloud services market. In particular, Ofcom will focus on the hyperscalers which between them account for approximately 81...

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