A joint effort from legislators in France, Italy and Spain will apply pressure on the European Commission to make big tech firms like Google and Netflix contribute towards European infrastructure costs.
The trio of nations have put together a joint paper (via Reuters) which argues that the six largest content providers online account for 55% of all internet traffic. It calls on them, along with European telcos, to “contribute to digital infrastructure costs”.
The document said: “This generates specific costs for European telecom operators in terms of capacity, at a time they are already hugely investing in the most costly parts of the networks with 5G and Fiber-To-The-Home.”
In light of fears from activists that forcing operators to shoulder network costs would lead to prioritisation of certain services, the document argued that any legislation should” ensure…
