CCIAOct 20, 2023

Brussels, BELGIUM – A broad coalition sent a joint statement in support of the Open Internet to the 27 EU Telecom Ministers and their ambassadors earlier today.

Aside from the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe), signatories include national tech associations (from France, Ireland, and Poland), EU trade associations, and France’s largest internet exchange point, among others.

The signatories stress they stand together fully opposed to any and all of the so-called “fair share” demands by some telecom operators, also known as network usage fees.

Monday and Tuesday next week, national ministers will gather in León for an informal Telecoms Council. Ahead of that meeting, the coalition calls on EU Member States to provide unambiguous political guidance to the Commission to reject network fees once and for all.

The following can be attributed to CCIA Europe’s Head of Office, Daniel Friedlaender:

“Telecom Ministers need to look at the evidence and listen to all stakeholders. It’s crucial they make it crystal clear to the European Commission that these misguided ‘(un)fair share’ ideas should be rejected once and for all.”

“Making Europeans pay multiple times for the same internet traffic is one of the least popular EU initiatives ever floated in Brussels, and should never have even been considered in the first place. It is time for Europe to move on.”

https://ccianet.org/news/2023/10/network-fees-coalition-calls-on-eu-ministers-to-reject-big-telco-demands/

#EuropeanCouncil #EuropeanUnion #internetTrafficTax #networkFees #networkUsageFees #telecom

Joint Industry statement on network fees - CCIA

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Project DisCoMar 29, 2023
An odd telecom industry term – “large traffic generators” – recently made it into the already lengthy list of EU tech jargon. Its use by the European Commission, however, is troublesome. Here’s why.
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https://www.project-disco.org/european-union/eu-network-fees-why-the-term-large-traffic-generators-is-so-problematic/
EU Network Fees: Why the Term "Large Traffic Generators" Is So Problematic - Disruptive Competition Project

An odd telecom industry term – “large traffic generators” – recently made it into the already lengthy list of EU tech jargon. Its use by the European

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Project DisCoMar 28, 2023
Pleas from broadband networks for a so-called “fair share” of content providers’ revenue – what some call a “network usage fee” – have reached U.S. shores. However, importing the idea of #NetworkUsageFees or an #InternetTrafficTax from Europe, where this concept is also contested, is a bad idea https://www.project-disco.org/competition/network-usage-fees-a-tax-in-search-of-a-purpose/
Network Usage Fees: A Tax in Search of a Purpose - Disruptive Competition Project

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Karen Melchior @karmel80@norreMar 21, 2023

RT @internetthought: In Brussels to discuss the #internettraffictax in an event by @POLITICOEurope and @ETNOAssociation ... Nice to have faces with online identities. We may not always agree, but it's fun. Fun to hear Big Telco say they can't handle 25Tbps 😋 #telecomsdrumbeat #netneutrality

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/karmel80/status/1638215400474263552

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RT @internetthought: In Brussels to discuss the #internettraffictax in an event by @POLITICOEurope and @ETNOAssociation ... Nice to have fa…

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Netopia EUMar 21, 2023
#telecomsdrumbeat #fairshare #internettraffictax
Not to mention how telcos often sell package deals with content services, effectively integrating them in their consumer offer and relying on that value to attract customers.
https://www.netopia.eu/millimeter-waves-or-network-tax-in-space/
Millimeter Waves Or: Network Tax in Space - Netopia

Granted, nobody knows what the network tax will be or indeed if it will ever happen. What we have is speculation and telco Xmas wishes. The idea that the sender should pay for the traffic in the network (in addition to the fees paid already by the subscribers). In fact, the sender already pays, and […]

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Anke Domscheit-BergFeb 26, 2023

#Glasfaseranteile in den OECD Ländern,

Suchbild: Wo ist DE?

Spoiler: DE ist 4. von HINTEN, von 37 Ländern u weit unter OECD Durchschnitt. Es ist so peinlich...
RT @internetthought: Fibre now most popular #broadband tech in the OECD. Clear signal that better policies lead to better #FttH. Better government and competition between telcos. Not #internettraffictax #fairshare #GigabitEU
OECD broadband statistics update - OECD https://t.co/ekat86XNfG via @OECD https://t.co/HSoHTwvk49

OECD broadband statistics update - OECD

Project DisCoFeb 21, 2023
The leak of an European Commission draft consultation document on the topic of the future of connectivity in Europe has set off alarm bells in the digital world.
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https://www.project-disco.org/european-union/leaked-eu-connectivity-document-sets-off-alarm-bells/
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The leak of an European Commission draft consultation document on the topic of the future of connectivity in Europe has set off alarm bells in the digital

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Netopia EUFeb 13, 2023
#NetworkFee #InternetTrafficTax #Telco
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RT @Isabelle_Szcz
Network fee: the dangerous diversion of platform revenues to telcos at the expense of creation https://electronlibre.info/2023/02/13/network-fee-the-dangerous-diversion-of-platform-revenues-to-telcos-at-the-expense-of-creation/ on @3l3ctr0nLibr3 https://t.co/FFOAKuzoBX
https://twitter.com/Isabelle_Szcz/status/1625166610230087680
Project DisCoFeb 1, 2023

New post from Rudolf van der Berg, Fast Internet Doesn't Cost EU Telecom Operators Much at All.

#InternetTrafficTax #NetworkInfrastructure #NetworkUsageFees

https://www.project-disco.org/european-union/020123-fast-internet-doesnt-cost-eu-telecom-operators-much-at-all/

Fast Internet Doesn't Cost EU Telecom Operators Much at All - Disruptive Competition Project

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Netopia EUNov 30, 2022

"The concept of network tax does not really add a new revenue stream but rather a regulation increasing an existing one."

https://www.netopia.eu/millimeter-waves-or-network-tax-in-space/ #internettraffictax #senderpays #Telco #networktax #consumerrights #Starlink #GAAFA #telecomsregulation #eupolicy #TechNews #digital

Millimeter Waves Or: Network Tax in Space - Netopia

Granted, nobody knows what the network tax will be or indeed if it will ever happen. What we have is speculation and telco Xmas wishes. The idea that the sender should pay for the traffic in the network (in addition to the fees paid already by the subscribers). In fact, the sender already pays, and […]

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