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Microsoft and Amazon accusations

Microsoft and Amazon accusations

The move could lead to an antitrust investigation into their business practices. Microsoft, Amazon and Google, thanks to their ability to provide enterprise-scale computing and storage, are the biggest players in the massive cloud infrastructure market, which Ofcom (Britain's media watchdog) estimates to be worth between £4.5 billion ($5.6 billion) and £5.0 billion in 2021.

According to the regulator, Microsoft and Amazon's Amazon Web Services unit have a 60 to 70 percent market share, with Google accounting for 5 to 10 percent of the overall market share. In particular, Microsoft is allegedly using its strong position in software products to distort competition in cloud infrastructure.

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Performance of Microsoft during last 5 years. (Source: Investing)