Progress

Current status
processing consultation
09 Nov 2023 processing consultation
17 Oct 2023 in consultation
05 Oct 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

09 Nov 2023
processing consultation

Closed consultation on scope of CMA market investigation into cloud services

On 9 November 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation on its issues statement outlining the scope of the market investigation into the supply of public cloud infrastructure services. The CMA proposes to examine in i…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
17 Oct 2023
in consultation

Opened consultation on scope of CMA market investigation into cloud services

On 17 October 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on its issues statement outlining the scope of the market investigation into the supply of public cloud infrastructure services until 9 November 2023. The CMA prop…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
05 Oct 2023
under deliberation

Launched CMA market investigation into cloud services

On 5 October 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a market investigation into the supply of public cloud infrastructure services in the UK following a referral from the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom). The investigation aim…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority