Britain's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday raised concerns over competition in the multi-billion-pound cloud computing market.

UK Says Microsoft And Amazon Are Dominant Players In Cloud Competition  Britain’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday raised concerns over competition in the multi-billion-pound cloud computing market and singled out Microsoft and Amazon as the dominant players.

Web Services could come under scrutiny from U.K. regulators after an independent investigation found a lack of competition in the cloud-services market.

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its preliminary findings that the cloud services market "is not working as well as it could be." That relatively vague statement follows a 16-month investigation into the UK's cloud services market,

If the companies are found to have ‘strategic market status’ then they could face restrictions on egress fees and software licensing.

An independent inquiry report has told the UK’s competition watchdog to consider investigating AWS and Microsoft’s cloud services.

An independent enquiry found competition wasn’t working in the market, which could result in higher costs, less and innovation as well as worse service across the U.K. economy.