Google Advocates For Antitrust Action Against Microsoft In The UK

Google has called on Britain's antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft, claiming its business practices have left rivals at a significant disadvantage. This information comes from a letter seen by Martin Coulter of Reuters.

Google said Microsoft's licensing practices unfairly discouraged customers from using competitor services, even as a secondary provider alongside Azure.

Microsoft and Amazon have faced mounting scrutiny worldwide over their dominance of the cloud computing industry, with regulators in Britain, the European Union, and the US probing their market power.

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

In 2022, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure had a combined share of between 70% and 80% of Britain's public cloud infrastructure services market, according to Ofcom. Google's cloud division was their closest competitor, with between 5% and 10% of the market.

In a letter submitted to the CMA, Google said Microsoft's licensing practices unfairly discouraged customers from using competitor services, even as a secondary provider alongside Azure, as reported by Jeffrey Dastin for Reuters.

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