- Microsoft has responded to CMA’s provision decision report
- He argues that British clients have not presented that many complaints
- AWS is not playing ball, and Google speaks “on both sides of his corporate mouth”
Microsoft, which has apparently found in the center of innumerable antitrust research in recent years, has returned the comments made in relation to an ongoing investigation of CMA in the United Kingdom.
The technological giant has challenged the provisional decision report of the competence and market authority (CMA), arguing that it is based on hypothetical concerns instead of real market conditions.
Microsoft issued an official 101 -page response that addresses all aspects of CMA research, even stating that British clients have raised “limited” complaints and suggesting that the body has reacted exaggerated.
Microsoft challenges CMA’s research
“We are particularly concerned about its signaling from Microsoft and its accusation that Microsoft is unfairly using some of its software products to prevent Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud competing effectively for customers in the United Kingdom,” the company wrote.
In the letter, the technological giant even criticized its main hyperscalero rival, AWS, for not sharing its own software with Microsoft “or any other person”: the criticism response to AWS for believing that you can license the Microsoft software “for its own benefit and in favorable terms.”
Later, Microsoft condemned Google for “talking about both sides of his corporate mouth,” with his “incredible impulse in the cloud business” and making fun of Microsoft’s growth at the same time.
Directing their attention to artificial intelligence, Microsoft said that cloud computing suppliers are ready to invest $ 250 billion worldwide to meet the intensifying demands of AI, arguing that the CMA has ignored the relevance of technology.
The company also pointed out that it measures it and its rivals have already taken measures to counteract antitrust research, including the elimination of output rates for customers who change from a cloud computing provider to 12 months ago. The firm dismissed the exit rates as an important concern, claiming that the lack of mass migration after the removal of rates shows that they did not significantly affect customer decisions in the first place.
Microsoft concluded concluding that it has been a “great investor” in the economy of the United Kingdom for four decades, urging the CMA to step carefully to avoid “weakening[ing] One of the most dynamic and high growth industries in the United Kingdom. “
Looking towards the future, all parties have until April 2025 to send their answers. The CMA will make a final decision in July 2025, before the deadline of August.
Techradar Pro He has asked the CMA to share more comments, but we do not receive an immediate response.
