News Summary

• Britain's competition regulator said on Tuesday it would again investigate Microsoft’s software‑licensing practices in the cloud market as part of a broader probe.
• Last year a Competition and Markets Authority inquiry group found the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft was harming competition in cloud computing.
• The two companies have around 30-40 per cent shares in cloud services such as processing, storage and networking.
• Google is the third main provider, with a smaller share of 5-10 per cent.
• Antitrust authorities in the European Union and the United States are also investigating the cloud computing market.