Amazon latest to criticise Microsoft in UK cloud market probe


FILE PHOTO The logo of U.S. company Microsoft is pictured during preparations for the annual industry trade fair Hannover Messe in Hanover Germany April 16 2023. REUTERSFabian BimmerFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of U.S. company Microsoft is pictured during preparations for the annual industry trade fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon has told Britain's antitrust authority its rival Microsoft uses business practices that restrict customer choice in the cloud computing market, the second major company to criticise the U.S. tech giant's operations.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into the country’s cloud computing industry in October, following a referral from media regulator Ofcom that highlighted Amazon and Microsoft’s dominance of the market.

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