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Cloud-services market probe cost UK antitrust watchdog £4.6m

By Jon Menon ( November 13, 2025, 11:28 GMT | Insight) -- A UK antitrust probe into cloud services that ended earlier this year without confirming that Microsoft and Amazon would face scrutiny under the country's new digital markets regime cost the antitrust regulator £4.6 million, according to a disclosure to MLex under freedom of information legislation. The Competition and Markets Authority's 22-month market investigation wrapped up in July.A UK antitrust probe into cloud services that ended earlier this year without confirming that Microsoft and Amazon would face scrutiny under the country's new digital markets regime cost the antitrust regulator £4.6 million ($6 million), according to a disclosure to MLex....

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