Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure hold upwards of 70% of the cloud infrastructure market in the UK, compared to between 5% and 10% for Google. Even smaller providers include IBM and Oracle.
Ofcom said it would take feedback on its findings until mid-May and make a final recommendation in October.Microsoft said it would continue to engage with Ofcom's study.
"We remain committed to ensuring the UK cloud industry stays highly competitive, and to supporting the transformative potential of cloud technologies to help accelerate growth across the UK economy," it added. Amazon said:"We design our cloud services to give customers the freedom to build the solution that is right for them, with the technology of their choice.
"This has driven increased competition across a range of sectors in the UK economy by broadening access to innovative, highly secure, and scalable IT services."
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