BRUSSELS : The European Commission on Thursday launched a consultation on the future of Europe's telecoms sector, starting a process that could lead to requiring Alphabet's Google, Apple, Meta Platform and Netflix to pay some network costs.The move by the EU executive followed more than two decades of lob
BRUSSELS : The European Commission on Thursday launched a consultation on the future of Europe's telecoms sector, starting a process that could lead to requiring Alphabet's Google, Apple, Meta Platform and Netflix to pay some network costs.
They said the companies including Amazon and Microsoft account for more than half of data internet traffic. EU officials said the 12-week consultation will look at"fair contribution by all digital players". Tech and telecoms companies will be asked to respond to 60 questions.
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