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Announced Ofcom referral of cloud services market to CMA for competition investigation

On 5 October 2023, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced it had referred the public cloud infrastructure services market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for further investigation. The referral follows Ofcom's study into cloud…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2023-04-05
in consultation

On 5 April 2023, the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) opened a public consultation on its intent…

2023-05-17
processing consultation

On 17 May 2023, the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) closed its public consultation on its inten…

2023-10-05
under deliberation

On 5 October 2023, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced it had referred the public cloud …