EU studying whether Big Tech should pay network costs -EU document


FILE PHOTO The logos of mobile apps Google Amazon Facebook Apple and Netflix are displayed on a screen in this illustration picture taken December 3 2019. REUTERSRegis DuvignauFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logos of mobile apps, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Netflix, are displayed on a screen in this illustration picture taken December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) will consult the technology and telecoms sectors on whether tech giants like Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta and Amazon.com Inc should subsidize network costs, according to a Commission document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

EU telecoms providers including Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Telecom Italia say the six largest content providers account for more than half of data internet traffic and should contribute their fair share. The providers also point to Netflix Inc, Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp.

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