Niel HarperDec 5, 2024
'EU “Fair Share” Contagion: Caribbean Telecoms Operators Seek to Deepen Their Monopoly Strangleholds' - In this blog I explain why telecoms operators' demands for online service providers to finance their upgrades are nonsense https://bit.ly/3PuaurT #fairshare #deception #telecomsregulation
EU “Fair Share” Contagion: Caribbean Telecoms Operators Seek to Deepen Their Monopoly Strangleholds

On Friday, 23rd June, Caribbean telecommunications operators (telcos) held a meeting in Miami to fine tune their strategy to force Big Tech companies to contribute financially to regional telecoms network infrastructure. Hosted by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), and taking a similar perspective to the "fair share" proposal currently being debated in the European Union, regional network operators are arguing that over-the-top (OTT) service providers are responsible for 67 percent of the total Internet traffic in the Caribbean, but make no contributions or investments toward local delivery networks.

Konstantinos KomaitisFeb 24, 2023
This European Commission, and Breton in particular, are the biggest threat to the Internet and innovation. He is attempting, through questionable means & processes, to return Europe to the telecoms era, before liberalisation. Europe is going backwards. https://radiobruxelleslibera.com/2023/02/23/the-european-commission-puts-an-end-to-competition-in-telecoms/ #competition #telecoms #telecomsregulation #innovation
The European Commission puts an end to competition in telecoms

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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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