クラウドサービスを実態調査　寡占進展の疑い―公取委

　公正取引委員会の菅久修一事務総長は１４日の定例記者会見で、データの管理やメールのやりとりなどの機能をインターネット経由で提供するクラウドサービスに関し、実態調査に着手すると発表した。菅久氏は、クラウド市場は米グーグルなど巨大ＩＴ企業の台頭で「寡占が進んでいるとの指摘がある」と述べ、適正な競争環境が維持されているか確認する必要があると説明した。（2021/04/14-16:11）

Japan's Fair Trade Commission will launch a survey on cloud services to uncover possible unfair business practices, FTC Secretary-General Shuichi Sugahisa said Wednesday.
   It has been pointed out that the cloud market, where wide-ranging on-demand services including data management and emailing are provided to business and individual customers via the internet, is becoming oligopolistic due to the rise of information and technology giants such as Google Inc., Sugahisa said.
   The antimonopoly watchdog needs to check whether an environment for fair competition is secure in the market, he said.
   The fact-finding investigation is part of a series of FTC surveys on digital markets including for online shopping, app retailing and advertising.
   Findings in those surveys have helped the government create frameworks for regulating IT mammoths.