Charging Netflix and YouTube.
Limit the definition of videos watched on a smartphone.
The telecom operators brandish threats, requests and supplications.
At the end of November, the CEOs of the largest European telecoms groups sent an open letter to the European Commission.
They are asking for measures that would enable them to break the deadlock in which they find themselves.
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The new balance in the French telecoms market
The problem is easy to understand.
On the one hand, policies are pushing telecom operators to invest ever more in their networks.
They must build a "Gigabit society", this world where connections will be made at 1 gigabit / second at least, that is to say on average ten times more than at present.
The cost is estimated at “
300 billion euros
” by those concerned.
This year, investments by European telecom operators reached $ 52.6 billion, a six-year record.
On the other hand, the European Commission continues to promote competition through infrastructure and a market with
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