Competition and Markets Authority

Brit competition watchdog takes aim at Google, Apple's mobile ecosystems

CMA flexes its new Strategic Market Status muscles

Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 14

Former Amazon exec appointed as boss of UK's competition watchdog

Interim appointment after former head booted out for not being 'sufficiently focused on growth'

CxO22 Jan 2025 | 11

Brit watchdog probes Google's search, ads empire

Third front opened amid continued scrutiny from US, Euro regulators

Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 4

Google snags ex-Microsoft exec to helm cloud in the UK

Maureen Costello hopes to 'empower' businesses with AI

PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2025 | 6

UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM's HashiCorp acquisition

To the surprise of no one, a multi-billion dollar deal comes under CMA scrutiny

Legal31 Dec 2024 | 3

Vodafone and Three permitted to tie the knot – if they promise to behave

Merger will create third large operator in UK mobile market

Networks05 Dec 2024 | 41

Watchdog reluctantly blesses Vodafone-Three merger – with strings attached

Enough to knit a sweater, in fact

Networks12 Nov 2024 | 44

Keir Starmer tells regulators to chill as Microsoft exec takes wheel of advisory council

What could possibly go wrong?

Public Sector15 Oct 2024 | 84

Game of phones: Voda-Three merger left rivals dialing for help

BT and some MVNOs very much against union, VMO2 more relaxed because of spectrum deal

Networks09 Oct 2024 | 11

Cloud giants point the finger at each other during regulator hearings

Those are some mighty powerful underdogs you've got there

PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2024 | 4

AWS claims customers are packing bags and heading back on-prem

See? We do have competition, cloud giant tells regulator

PaaS + IaaS17 Sep 2024 | 73

UK watchdog fears Voda-Three merger will balloon phone bills for customers

Analysts claim it would be better for competition though

Networks13 Sep 2024 | 36

Apple accused of hoodwinking UK antitrust cops

Mac maker denial of Safari self-preferencing called out by OWA

Applications05 Sep 2024 | 9

Microsoft's Inflection acquihire is too small to matter, say UK regulators

Deal can't lessen competition if AI minnow wasn't much of a competitor

AI + ML04 Sep 2024 |

UK competition regulator's cloud probe remedies have global implications

Egress fees? Ticked. Spend discounts? Not yet. Software licensing? Might need to shape up, Microsoft

Cloud Infrastructure Month21 Aug 2024 | 2

Apple tries again to make EU DMA officials happy – with new fees

Meanwhile, UK watchdog contemplates breaking Cupertino's WebKit rule

Applications09 Aug 2024 | 16

UK monopoly police launch full blown probe of Amazon's Anthropic tie-up

Poor cloud titans, just trying to give a helping hand to AI startups valued at billions of dollars

AI + ML09 Aug 2024 | 5

HPE's $14B bid for Juniper waved through by UK regulator

Probe began in June and was over by August, no need for corporate lobbying (you hearing this Microsoft?)

Networks07 Aug 2024 | 4

Microsoft: Our licensing terms do not meaningfully raise cloud rivals' costs

Updated Redmond comes out swinging as it files response to Competition and Markets Authority

PaaS + IaaS24 Jul 2024 | 16

Google's plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles

Ad giant promises to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues

Software23 Jul 2024 | 60

UK antitrust cops thrust probe into Microsoft, Inflection AI merger

Updated AI supremacy is a helluva drug, and Redmond's old habits die hard

Software16 Jul 2024 | 3

Brit watchdog gnawing on HPE's $14B buy of cable giant Juniper Networks

Invites comments from rivals and customers at start of merger probe

Networks19 Jun 2024 | 10

BT speaks out against Vodafone and Three's mobile marriage plans

Fears 'MergeCo' will snaffle disproportionate spectrum

Networks18 Jun 2024 | 17

UK CMA says public sector will be in cloud services probe after all

Nothing is as juicy as a nice fat tender, amirite tech giants?

PaaS + IaaS12 Jun 2024 | 1

UK CMA early findings indicate Microsoft restricts cloud choice

Pricing, licensing, ease of switching and more under the microscope

PaaS + IaaS07 Jun 2024 | 6

UK competition cops say Microsoft's stake in Mistral is not a merger

Watchdog drops official probe but IT giant's deal with Inflection AI and Amazon's with Anthropic still in play

AI + ML17 May 2024 | 1

Microsoft and Amazon's AI ambitions spark regulatory rumble

Tech giants confident everything's in order

AI + ML25 Apr 2024 | 4

British watchdog has 'real concerns' about the staggering love-in between cloud giants and AI upstarts

Billions in investment? Yeeeah, right – looks more like ensuring only select few developers thrive

AI + ML12 Apr 2024 | 4

Vodafone and Three's UK merger hits regulatory roadblock

Watchdog concerns about price hikes and consolidation remain unresolved

Networks04 Apr 2024 | 11

Euro-cloud consortium issues ultimatum to Microsoft: Fix your licensing or else

Redmond hasn't budged on deals that make its wares cheaper on Azure, and regulators are circling

Software08 Mar 2024 | 16

Watchdog calls for more plugs, less monopoly in EV charging network

Exclusivity deals a no-no, and 'charging deserts' must be avoided

Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 92

Brit watchdog thinks Google's tweaked Privacy Sandbox still isn't cricket

Good start, but we want further reassurance, says Competition and Markets Authority

Applications01 Feb 2024 | 15

Cory Doctorow has a plan to wipe away the enshittification of tech

Opinion It's not just you – things really are getting worse

Off-Prem30 Jan 2024 | 159

UK merger of Vodafone and Three in competition watchdog's crosshairs

Union claims corporate greed behind alliance, firms claim it is about helping customers

Networks26 Jan 2024 | 23

Adobe ditches $20B Figma takeover under pressure from monopoly cops

Now Photoshop giant needs to cough up that $1B break-up fee

Applications18 Dec 2023 | 1

AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms

World's biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ's rival in its sights

PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2023 | 8

UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on

iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA

Personal Tech02 Dec 2023 | 10

Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator

Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions

PaaS + IaaS01 Dec 2023 | 7

Europe says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition

Updated Software duo must respond with remedies – plus: closing deal in '23 likely a Figma of their imagination

Software20 Nov 2023 | 9

Civo CEO on free credits, egress fees, and hauling it all back on-prem

Interview And why the UK cloud industry can't ape the energy sector and make it easier to swap suppliers

PaaS + IaaS17 Nov 2023 | 9

Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking

Exclusive Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc

Personal Tech11 Nov 2023 | 95

Brits make Amazon, Meta stop using third-party data to undercut rivals

Watchdog on a tear to level the playing field

Personal Tech04 Nov 2023 | 40

Regulator delays Adobe's $20B buy of Figma, derails deal deadline

Updated Competition and Markets Authority needs more time to consider 'complex case', new deadline set for February 2024

Software26 Oct 2023 | 11

Imagine a world without egress fees or cloud software license disparities

UK regulator lists series of potential remedies for anti-competitive practices early on in probe

Public Sector20 Oct 2023 | 5

Brit watchdog slams Microsoft as it clears $69B Activision Blizzard buy

'Tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with us'

Software13 Oct 2023 | 16

Obscured by clouds: Time for IaaS vendors to come clean and play fair

Opinion All that stuff about resilience, choice, and control? Yeah, we'll take them now please

PaaS + IaaS09 Oct 2023 | 9

UK IaaS market: Deeper probe by competition regulator lands soon

Updated Ofcom to refer findings to CMA – which insiders say will home in on egress fees, interoperability and licensing

PaaS + IaaS03 Oct 2023 | 5

CMA says new Microsoft-Activision deal addresses concerns

Meet gaming's power couple, with Ubisoft the third wheel. Now competition watchdog must ensure Windows biz keeps promises

Software22 Sep 2023 | 2

Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft?

All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal

Software22 Aug 2023 | 37

UK clears Broadcom buying VMware, but deal yet to scale Great Regulatory Wall of China

Middle Kingdom has made a habit of scuppering western mergers of late

Virtualization21 Aug 2023 | 1

UK watchdog reopens consultation on Microsoft's bid for Activision Blizzard

CMA admits Sony deal might change the battlefield

Personal Tech02 Aug 2023 | 6

UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover

Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats

Virtualization19 Jul 2023 | 2

Broadcom asserts VMware's strategy isn't working and it basically needs rescuing

Redacted document filed with UK regulator states customers aren't buying Virtzilla's poorly-executed vision

Virtualization14 Jul 2023 | 43

Judge shoots down FTC attempt to stall Microsoft-Activision merger

Final update UK may be final stumbling point to Redmond's gaming ambitions

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 20

Amazon's robo vacuum power grab sucks EU attention

Regulators concerned iRobot could receive preferential treatment on the company's ecommerce platform

Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 20

UK competition watchdog threatens deeper probe of Adobe's $20B Figma deal

Vendors have days to answer cost and innovation concerns, may face potential delay to merger... or worse

Software30 Jun 2023 | 1