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.
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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.
EU reportedly mulling including cloud infrastructure in ‘fair contribution’ review
The European Union is getting close to having another look at whether Big Tech should subsidise the telecoms sector, which may include cloud investments.
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.
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 says Europe’s 5G rollout is too slow
Telco trade body the GSMA says in order to stay competitive European economies must ‘digitalise’ themselves through faster 5G rollouts, and manages to crowbar in the ‘fair contribution’ argument.
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