Network fee on Big Tech not a viable solution to boost EU digital rollout, EU says


FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a 5G logo during GSMA's 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC), in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on Big Tech companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Thursday.

The issue pits Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Telecom Italia against Alphabet's Google, Meta's Facebook, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon.

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