European telcos once again push for ‘fair contribution’ to network costs

Some of Europe’s biggest telcos have signed a letter pushing for big tech firms to contribute to the costs of running telecoms networks, again.
BT, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Vodafone, and many others (20 operators in total) have signed the open letter, which warned that ‘the European “Digital Decade” will fail’ unless future investments and regulatory change are brought in.
The letter points to EU estimates that at least €174 billion of new i