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United Kingdom: Launched CMA market investigation into cloud services

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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…

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
competition authority

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2023-10-05
under deliberation

On 5 October 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a market investigation into…

2023-10-17
in consultation

On 17 October 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on its issues…

2023-11-09
processing consultation

On 9 November 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation on its issu…

2025-01-28
in consultation

On 28 January 2025, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a report with the pr…

2025-02-18
processing consultation

On 18 February 2025, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closes its consultation on th…

2025-07-31
in force

On 31 July 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final decision in the marke…

2026-03-31
in force

On 31 March 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published voluntary commitments by Am…