Google Should Pay for Telecom Network Usage, France Says2010-12-21 11:25 by DanielaTags: Google
Google Inc. and other providers of Web content aren’t contributing enough to the costs of telecom networks and may be subject to new proposals mandating payments, a French minister said. The French government plans to convene a working group including Internet companies with "the objective that services that occupy the largest part of our networks contribute to the deployment and maintenance of those networks," Industry Minister Eric Besson told reporters in Paris today. The minister's comments back up complaints from some of Europe's largest telecom operators, who are investing heavily in networks to cope with the growth of services like Google's YouTube. France Telecom Chief Executive Officer Stephane Richard, Telefonica SA CEO Cesar Alierta and Telecom Italia SpA CEO Franco Bernabe have all said Internet companies are getting an unfair deal from their networks. Bill Echikson, a spokesman for Mountain View, California- based Google, couldn't immediately be reached to comment. Read more -here-
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