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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Mary-Ann Russon

Tech giants should help pay for 5G, say Europe’s mobile operators

Europe’s telecoms providers have released a proposal today calling for tech giants Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple to be made to pay their “fair share” towards 5G and super-fast fibre broadband internet services across the continent.

More than 160 European mobile operators and telcos, including Orange, Deutsche Telekom, and Vodafone, are warning that they could have to raise internet prices for consumers if tech giants don’t help foot the bill.

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