AWS accounted for 60% of Amazon’s operating income in the most recently reported 12 months. — AP
US antitrust enforcers have broadened their scrutiny of Amazon.com Inc beyond its retail operations to include its massive Cloud-computing business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Investigators at the US Federal Trade Commission have been asking software companies recently about practices around Amazon’s Cloud unit, known as Amazon Web Services, said the people, who declined to be named because they weren’t authorised to speak publicly.
