Ofcom: AWS/Azure dominance bad for competition, 'could deteriorate further'

John Leonard
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Ofcom: barriers to switching clouds harm competition, and it's getting worse
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Ofcom: barriers to switching clouds harm competition, and it's getting worse

UK telecoms regulator proposes a fully-fledged competition probe into a market that's dominated by two hyperscalers

Halfway through a market study into the cloud computing market, UK broadcasting and telecoms regulator Ofcom is proposing that the matter be referred to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ...

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