Competition and investment in the Internet value chain in Europe
The CEOs of Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica and Orange released a joint statement on 14 February 2022 that called upon large content platforms “to contribute to the cost of the European digital infrastructure that carries their services.” The statement raised several questions and left them unanswered. The aim of the letter seems to be a call for a regulatory intervention. South Korea’s Sending Party Network Pays (SPNP) regime is referred to positively as a way to create a “fair” regulatory environment. The letter relies heavily upon a proposal put forward by the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) to move […]
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