Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google has reportedly urged the U.K.’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority or CMA, to investigate Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) over alleged unfair business practices.
What Happened: Following concerns raised by Ofcom, the media regulator, about Microsoft and Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) dominating the cloud computing industry, the CMA initiated an investigation in October.
In a letter to the CMA, Google accused Microsoft of crafting licensing practices that discourage consumers from using other services, even as secondary providers to its Azure platform, reported Reuters.
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Google argued that Microsoft’s restrictions leave customers with no economically viable alternative but to use Azure as their primary cloud services provider. It also alleged that such practices are a significant barrier to competition ...