AWS, Microsoft Can Do More to Address Cloud Services Barriers, UK Competition Watchdog Says

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• The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said October 16 that AWS and Microsoft could do more to remove remaining barriers to switching cloud providers and using multiple clouds simultaneously, aiming to expand choice for UK customers, Reuters reported. The article did not specify which particular barriers (pricing, data-transfer terms, etc.) are at issue.
• The CMA said it will continue to consider whether a full strategic-market-status (SMS) investigation into the sector is warranted. The article did not state whether this cloud-services matter is the same proceeding as the CMA's separate SMS designation proposal targeting Microsoft's business software (Excel, Teams, Copilot bundling), nor did it provide further background on how the CMA came to review the issue.

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