Policymakers realize that delivering Digital Equity means ending Big Tech's free ride.
“We see that there are players that generate a lot of traffic that then enables their business, . . . they have not been contributing to enabling the investments in the rollout of connectivity. We are in the process of getting a thorough understanding of how that could be enabled, to see if there are asymmetries here in the markets that would make it a fair thing to ask for a contribution to the investments in the networks.
Called the world’s most powerful regulator, Vestager has brought trust-busting cases against Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Intel, Qualcomm, Gazprom, and others. Separately financial analysts suggest that rightsizing EU regulations could bump broadband revenues as much as 10 percent, providing a needed source for infrastructure investment. Indeed coordinated efforts by Big Tech to avoid paying for the use of broadband networks could be investigated as a cartel..
Among the significant supporters of incorporating Big Tech into fair cost recovery for networks include the coalition of minority communities represented by
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