According to the Spanish newspaper "Abesai" on February 27, it is estimated that the EU will need no less than 200 billion euros to equip the new global digital network to support the traffic growth brought by 5G technology, while also taking into account the "big **" energy consumption brought about by new technologies such as artificial intelligence This is the calculation given today by the European Commissioner in charge of the internal market, Thierry Bredon. He called for the participation of both the public and private sectors to promote a regulatory system that is adapted to the current situation.
Speaking at a session on the first day of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Breton highlighted the enormous challenges facing EU countries. These countries are now partly at the mercy of big tech companies. In Breton's words, this is exactly what is needed to create the "right digital infrastructure." This prompted the major telecom operators such as Spain**, Vodafone, Orange, etc., to react by calling for a balanced distribution of the costs of building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports all digital communication activities, as well as the enormous benefits that digital communications are generating and will generate. In short, a global agreement between operators and technology companies is to be promoted.
This was the proposal of José María Álvarez-Parlet, president of the Spanish ** company. He advocated a "global coalition" for the telecom industry to create "sustainable and beneficial" value chains for all participants in the system, and opposed the "do-it-all-you-can-do position" of some companies.
This is the time to work together, not to have a 'do what you want';It's time to use shared resources responsibly; It's time for a new regulatory system, and we need to adapt to the 21st century regulatory system; It's time to say goodbye to the old regulatory model. Álvarez Parlett added.
Álvarez-Parrett called on Europe's major telecommunications companies to cooperate on the basis of "fair sharing". Because in the coming years, a lot of investment in network infrastructure will have to be made in order to cope with the rise of various new technologies such as artificial intelligence and to help major European telecommunications companies cope with competition with major technology companies such as Amazon, Metaverse Platform Company, Netflix, Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
Meanwhile, Vodafone CEO Margarita de la Valle also called for a "true single market for telecommunications" in the EU in a speech on Monday, highlighting the billions of euros wasted by the fragmentation of the sector. (Compiled by Tian Ce).