EU Mobile Operators Demand Facebook and Google to Pay Up or be Restricted2010-12-09 09:40 by DanielaTags: Facebook, mobile broadband
Several major European mobile operators, including Orange (France Telecom, Everything Everywhere), Telecom Italia, Telefonica ( O2 ) and the Vodafone Group, have raised the Net Neutrality issue (principal of treating all internet traffic as equal) again by demanding that popular websites, such as those from Google, Facebook, Skype and Apple, pay for the privilege of being seen on their networks. It's a well known fact that Mobile Broadband data usage has come perilously close to outstripping revenue, which in fairness is predominantly due to mobile providers offering "unlimited" data access to consumers at lower than economically sustainable levels. However, rather than raise prices, some operators have told Bloomberg that a better solution would be to simply charge popular internet websites and services to use their networks. Naturally this issue has caused concern right around the world, with a few operators even hinting that access could be restricted to content providers who refused to pay up. That's unlikely to please their customers. Read more -here-
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