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AWS, Microsoft can do more to address cloud services barriers, UK competition watchdog says

By Thomson Reuters Oct 16, 2026 | 4:19 AM

Oct 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s competition watchdog said on ​Friday that ‌Amazon Web Services and Microsoft can do ‌more ​to address ⁠remaining barriers ⁠to switching between cloud providers and using multiple ​cloud services to deliver ⁠greater ⁠customer choice ​in the UK.

The ​Competition and Markets Authority ‌said it would keep the possibility ⁠of launching a full strategic market ⁠status ‌investigation into ⁠the sector ​under ‌review.

(Reporting by Yadarisa ​Shabong ⁠in Bengaluru and Paul Sandle in London; Editing by Tasim ​Zahid)