The findings form part of Ofcom's seventh International Communications Market Report, which looks at the take-up, availability, price and use of broadband, landlines, mobiles, TV and radio across 17 major countries.

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The report findings indicate that the majority of U.S. businesses are now using some form of cloud computing for IT.

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