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Amazon's AWS removes data transfer fees for clients switching to rivals

Published 03/05/2024, 11:02 AM
Updated 03/05/2024, 11:06 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 29, 2023. Noah Berger/AWS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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By Martin Coulter

LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)'s AWS said on Tuesday that customers who want to transfer their data to another cloud service provider will not have to pay any network fees globally.

Regulators around the world have been probing companies' use of such fees, with critics saying they stifle competition.

Under the European Union's incoming Data Act, cloud providers will be forced to make it easier for customers to switch to competitors.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 29, 2023. Noah Berger/AWS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Meanwhile, British media regulator Ofcom has asked the UK's antitrust authority to investigate Amazon, Google and market-leader Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s dominance of Britain's cloud market.

Earlier this year, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google Cloud service removed its own fees and said it would make it easier for customers to swap providers, but warned unfair licensing practices remained an issue.

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