The Digital Networks Act’s Scope Creep: How Article 9 Paves a Sneaky Pathway to Network Fees
Main takeaways For years, many dismissed warnings about telecom giants’ demands for ‘network fees’ as mere speculation or fearmongering, given […]
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Six Telecom Myths the European Commission Can’t Afford to Believe
In the context of the European Commission’s call for evidence on the upcoming Digital Networks Act, it’s important to clear up some telecom myths clouding the debate.
Digital Networks Act: What the EU Can Learn From the Swisscom-INIT7 Dispute
The European Commission should drop the idea of introducing an arbitration or dispute resolution mechanism via the Digital Networks Act for possible conflicts between telecom operators and other ISPs or content providers. This is because: there is no market failure justifying such regulation; existing tools can address the few disputes that do arise; it would unfairly benefit dominant telecom operators and effectively introduce network fees.
Tech Innovation Is Keeping European Telcos Alive
Cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are driving the transformation of Europe’s telecom sector. Yet, some large telecom operators – ironically, those benefiting the most from digital innovation – claim that the very tech firms enabling their digital transformation are also those ‘exploiting’ telecom networks, and argue the two business models are converging.
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