Google Cloud removes data transfer fees when clients switch to rivals

STOCKHOLM: Alphabet’s Google Cloud said on Thursday its customers who want to migrate their data to another cloud provider will not have to pay any network fees to make the transfer.

Many cloud providers, including Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), charge customers based on the amount of data transferred when they switch vendors.

Britain’s media regulator Ofcom in October raised concerns about the fees, saying it can discourage customers from switching to an alternative provider. Ofcom had earlier asked the country’s antitrust authority to investigate tech giants’ dominance of the UK cloud market.