The Cloud
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Parent organizations | Sky |
|---|---|
| Ceo | David Rey |
| Headquarters | St Albans |
| United Kingdom | |
| Founded | January 2003 |
| Number of employees | 100 |
| Number of locations | 22,000 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1069216 |
About The Cloud
The Cloud is a provider of public access Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK and is a member of the Wireless Broadband Alliance. It has over 22,000 Wi-Fi hotspots network access points in the UK. The Cloud has offices in St Albans, Munich, and Stockholm.
Sustainable fishing: The tech making it cheaper and greener
... The unit automatically switches off when it leaves the water and sends the data to The Cloud - remote computer servers which process and store information in data centres - which fishermen can then view...
Microsoft Activision: What does deal mean for gamers?
... Microsoft had to agree to this to get the deal past UK regulators, who were worried about the company dominating The Cloud industry...
Game of Duty maker to be bought by Microsoft
... Microsoft will hand the rights to distribute Activision s games on consoles and PCs over The Cloud to France s Ubisoft...
Amazon and Microsoft to face cloud computing competition probe
... The services are used by businesses across the UK, and Ofcom estimated that in 2022 The Cloud services market in the UK was worth up to £7...
Microsoft's new Call of Duty deal set for approval
... Under the new proposals, Microsoft will not buy The Cloud gaming rights owned by Activision Blizzard...
Microsoft makes new deal to buy Call of Duty giant
... " Under the new offer Microsoft won t buy the rights for Activision s existing or new games stored in The Cloud...
Why it matters where your data is stored
... " Do we really think that The Cloud Act will [hit] a small business around the corner? We don t know...
Zendaya pays tribute to Euphoria co-star Angus Cloud
... " It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today, " said The Cloud family...
Microsoft's new Call of Duty deal set for approval
The UK's competition watchdog has said Microsoft's revised offer to buy The Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard " opens The door" to The Deal being cleared.
The Competition Markets Authority (CMA) said The updated deal appeared to address concerns it had raised.
Under The new proposals, Microsoft will not buy The Cloud gaming rights owned by Activision Blizzard .
Its original $69bn (£59bn) deal was blocked by UK regulators.
Earlier this year, The CMA blocked Microsoft from taking on The whole of Activision over concerns that The Deal would harm competition in cloud gaming in The UK.
Microsoft then submitted a restructured deal for The Competition watchdog to look At Last month.
, The CMA's chief executive, Sarah Cardell , said: " The CMA's position has been consistent throughout - this merger could only go ahead if competition, innovation, and choice in cloud gaming was preserved. "
A consultation will be opened before a final decision on The Deal is taken.
If it receives final approval, it will bring to an end a tumultuous year-and-a-half for Microsoft.
Since it announced plans to buy Activision Blizzard in January Last Year , The Merger has split regulators around The World .
Ms Cardell added: " It would have been far better, though, if Microsoft had put forward this restructure during our original investigation.
" This case illustrates The costs, uncertainty and delay that parties can incur if a credible and effective remedy option exists but is not put on The Table at The Right time. "
Under The New Deal , Microsoft has agreed to transfer The rights to stream Activision games from The Cloud to The French Video Games publisher Ubisoft for 15 years.
The sale to Ubisoft of this portion of Activision's business will mean The Cloud streaming of games like Call of Duty, Overwatch and World of Warcraft will not come under Microsoft's control.
Microsoft still hopes The Merger will boost demand for its Xbox console and its gaming subscription business.
Its vice chairman and president Brad Smith said it was " encouraged" by this positive step.
" We presented solutions that we believe fully address The CMA's remaining concerns related to cloud game streaming, and we will continue to work toward earning approval to close prior to The 18 October deadline. "
The CMA will make a final decision on Microsoft's revised bid in October - Without its approval The Deal cannot go ahead globally.
It said on Friday that while it still had " limited residual concerns" The revised deal was " new and substantially different, which keeps The Cloud distribution of these important games in The Hands of a strong independent supplier, Ubisoft, rather than under The control of Microsoft".
Activision said that The preliminary approval was " great news" for its future with Microsoft.
" We look forward to working with Microsoft toward completing The regulatory review process, " it added.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
