Network fee on Big Tech not a viable solution to boost EU digital rollout, EU says
Balazs Barabas
BRUSSELS :The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on Big Tech companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Thursday. The issue pits Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Telecom Italia against Alphabet's Google, Meta's Facebook, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon. Europe's major telecoms operators have for years urged EU regulators to get Big Tech to bear some of the rollout
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