Meta hits back at telcos’ ‘fair contribution’ demands
Social media giant Meta has weighed in on the ‘fair contribution’ debate insisting the campaign to force Big Tech to pay for network infrastructure costs is ‘not the solution’.
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Meta wields the axe again amid looming identity crisis
Another 10,000 workers at Facebook parent Meta will be shown the door in the coming months.
Telecoms and Big Tech: collaboration or assimilation?
Will telcos evolve into new types of business? Will tweaks to the business model more or less maintain the status quo, or will big tech start to swallow the sector up?
US calls on Big Tech to answer for Twitter Files revelations
The reporting on internal Twitter documents released by its new owner has emboldened the US House Judiciary Committee in its bid to hold big tech accountable for its censorship activities.
Now app stores are in Biden’s sights
The US government is calling for changes to the way Apple and Google host and promote apps.
EU suggests making tech giants pay into 5G and fibre fund
The European Union is reportedly looking at creating a fund to help with the cost of fibre and 5G build-out, with big technology companies providing the cash.
Google joins tech cull by cutting 12,000 staff
Search giant Google has announced plans to make 12,000 redundancies, heaping further misery on tech sector workers.
US President once more calls for Section 230 reform
Joe Biden, the US President, has written an opinion piece calling for broad political support for a crusade against Big Tech.
A look at the pros and cons of the ‘fair contribution’ debate
European ISPs have been requesting regulators impose what has been coined as a ‘fair contribution’ payment on bandwidth-hungry Big Tech firms such as Google, Netflix, and Amazon.
Euro IXP group comes out against the ‘fair contribution’ argument
Euro-IX, the association of European Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), reckons forcing big tech to pay for the content it sends over the internet is a rubbish idea.
Amazon axes staff at devices and services unit
US tech giant Amazon is feeling the pinch from the slowing economy.
Meta cull compounds tech sector gloom
The company formerly known as Facebook is getting rid of 11,000 people as its boss admits to getting carried away.
Big tech stocks hit as Microsoft warns of cloud slowdown
Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) both took a share price hit as the former warned it expects growth from its Azure cloud division to decline next quarter.
UK raises questions over Big Tech’s encroachment into financial services
UK regulatory body the Financial Conduct Authority has published some thoughts on the potential competition impacts of Big Tech’s entry into the finance sector, and is seeking views on the matter.
The US would never dare push ‘fair contribution’ onto big tech
As the debate around ‘fair contribution’ – which asserts big tech firms like Netflix and Google should chip in for the costs of telecoms infrastructure – rolls on, we spoke to Maria Lema, co-founder of Weaver Labs, who told us why she thinks its a bad idea.
Europe shows little sympathy for ‘fair contribution’ claims
The main pan-European communications regulatory group has found no evidence that calls to make big tech companies pay towards the cost of telecoms networks are justified.
GSMA extends ‘fair contribution’ debate globally
A week after European operators renewed their call for Big Tech to be forced to contribute to the cost of networks, the GSMA has put out a related statement.
Operators again beg Europe for Big Tech cash
The CEOs of all the major European operators have signed a letter that once more calls upon the EU to get the biggest data traffic generators pay extra.
Europe’s smaller telcos join the big tech ‘fair contribution’ debate
The European Competitive Telecommunications Association seems keen to make sure its members aren’t overlooked in any move to get big tech to pay its ‘fair contribution’.
Europe to consult on making big tech pay for network use
Thierry Breton has reportedly said he will launch a consultation on making tech giants contribute to the cost of the continent’s networks.
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