How could big telecoms weaponise the #DigitalNetworksAct to disrupt the #OpenInternet, and pave the way for #NetworkFees? ☎️
If the DNA text passes as it stands, it would give dominant #telcos a legal toolkit to do exactly that.
📑 Explainer:
ccianet.org/library/beyo...
If the DNA text passes as it stands, it would give dominant #telcos a legal toolkit to do exactly that.
📑 Explainer:
ccianet.org/library/beyo...
November 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
How could big telecoms weaponise the #DigitalNetworksAct to disrupt the #OpenInternet, and pave the way for #NetworkFees? ☎️
If the DNA text passes as it stands, it would give dominant #telcos a legal toolkit to do exactly that.
📑 Explainer:
ccianet.org/library/beyo...
If the DNA text passes as it stands, it would give dominant #telcos a legal toolkit to do exactly that.
📑 Explainer:
ccianet.org/library/beyo...
#DigitalNetworksAct: Will existing backdoors for #NetworkFees remain open, putting #NetNeutrality at risk? 🚨
"As MEPs considers amendments, they must scrutinise the legal backdoors already in the DNA and reject attempts to make them stronger."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
"As MEPs considers amendments, they must scrutinise the legal backdoors already in the DNA and reject attempts to make them stronger."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
October 26, 2026 at 7:24 AM
#DigitalNetworksAct: Will existing backdoors for #NetworkFees remain open, putting #NetNeutrality at risk? 🚨
"As MEPs considers amendments, they must scrutinise the legal backdoors already in the DNA and reject attempts to make them stronger."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
"As MEPs considers amendments, they must scrutinise the legal backdoors already in the DNA and reject attempts to make them stronger."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
#NetworkFees may have disappeared from the headlines. 👀
But have they disappeared from the #DigitalNetworksAct? ❌ NO.
Our new explainer identifies two separate legal pathways in the DNA that lead towards mandatory payments for internet traffic.
📑 ccianet.org/library/beyo...
But have they disappeared from the #DigitalNetworksAct? ❌ NO.
Our new explainer identifies two separate legal pathways in the DNA that lead towards mandatory payments for internet traffic.
📑 ccianet.org/library/beyo...
October 7, 2026 at 6:28 AM
#NetworkFees may have disappeared from the headlines. 👀
But have they disappeared from the #DigitalNetworksAct? ❌ NO.
Our new explainer identifies two separate legal pathways in the DNA that lead towards mandatory payments for internet traffic.
📑 ccianet.org/library/beyo...
But have they disappeared from the #DigitalNetworksAct? ❌ NO.
Our new explainer identifies two separate legal pathways in the DNA that lead towards mandatory payments for internet traffic.
📑 ccianet.org/library/beyo...
Press release 📄 Hidden 'Network Fee' Backdoors in #DigitalNetworksAct Exposed as Big Telcos Push for Payments ☎
"Big telcos may be silent on #NetworkFees at #FTConnectEurope, but still demand mandatory payments, despite #OpenInternet consequences."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
"Big telcos may be silent on #NetworkFees at #FTConnectEurope, but still demand mandatory payments, despite #OpenInternet consequences."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
October 1, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Press release 📄 Hidden 'Network Fee' Backdoors in #DigitalNetworksAct Exposed as Big Telcos Push for Payments ☎
"Big telcos may be silent on #NetworkFees at #FTConnectEurope, but still demand mandatory payments, despite #OpenInternet consequences."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
"Big telcos may be silent on #NetworkFees at #FTConnectEurope, but still demand mandatory payments, despite #OpenInternet consequences."
👉 ccianet.org/news/2026/10...
The #DigitalNetworksAct's Scope Creep: "By reclassifying #CDNs and private networks under the #telecom umbrella, Article 9 of the DNA introduces a sneaky backdoor to #NetworkFees." 🚩
👉 Learn more: project-disco.org/european-uni... #NetNeutrality #OpenInternet
👉 Learn more: project-disco.org/european-uni... #NetNeutrality #OpenInternet
September 21, 2026 at 6:24 AM
The #DigitalNetworksAct's Scope Creep: "By reclassifying #CDNs and private networks under the #telecom umbrella, Article 9 of the DNA introduces a sneaky backdoor to #NetworkFees." 🚩
👉 Learn more: project-disco.org/european-uni... #NetNeutrality #OpenInternet
👉 Learn more: project-disco.org/european-uni... #NetNeutrality #OpenInternet
How to get the #DigitalNetworksAct right? 🎯📶
Our eight recommendations show how the DNA can unlock Europe's #telecoms single market, without ☎️ imposing telecom-specific rules on non-telecom actors 🚪 or opening the door to #NetworkFees.
➡️ ccianet.org/library/ccia...
Our eight recommendations show how the DNA can unlock Europe's #telecoms single market, without ☎️ imposing telecom-specific rules on non-telecom actors 🚪 or opening the door to #NetworkFees.
➡️ ccianet.org/library/ccia...
August 18, 2026 at 6:28 AM
How to get the #DigitalNetworksAct right? 🎯📶
Our eight recommendations show how the DNA can unlock Europe's #telecoms single market, without ☎️ imposing telecom-specific rules on non-telecom actors 🚪 or opening the door to #NetworkFees.
➡️ ccianet.org/library/ccia...
Our eight recommendations show how the DNA can unlock Europe's #telecoms single market, without ☎️ imposing telecom-specific rules on non-telecom actors 🚪 or opening the door to #NetworkFees.
➡️ ccianet.org/library/ccia...
NEW POST:
“Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #NetworkFees #FairShare #OpenInternet #NetNeutrality
#DigitalSingleMarket #CompetitionPolicy #SMEs #Innovation
#EUdigital #EUlaw
“Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #NetworkFees #FairShare #OpenInternet #NetNeutrality
#DigitalSingleMarket #CompetitionPolicy #SMEs #Innovation
#EUdigital #EUlaw
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🚨 “Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door
The proposed Network Fees Act is being framed as a technical adjustment to rebalance the digital ecosystem. It isn’t.
It is the return of “Fair Share”—...
www.linkedin.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
NEW POST:
“Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #NetworkFees #FairShare #OpenInternet #NetNeutrality
#DigitalSingleMarket #CompetitionPolicy #SMEs #Innovation
#EUdigital #EUlaw
“Network Fees” = Fair Share by the back door
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #NetworkFees #FairShare #OpenInternet #NetNeutrality
#DigitalSingleMarket #CompetitionPolicy #SMEs #Innovation
#EUdigital #EUlaw
"The European Commission is considering regulating hashtag#IPinterconnect, even though almost everyone agrees it works well today".
"Interconnect rules and 'dispute resolution' would wreck many AI concepts and business models".
Me with @CCIAeurope
www.linkedin.com/posts/deanbu...
"Interconnect rules and 'dispute resolution' would wreck many AI concepts and business models".
Me with @CCIAeurope
www.linkedin.com/posts/deanbu...
#ipinterconnect #digitalnetworksact #networkfees #digitaldecade #netneutrality #openinternet #internetgovernance #telecoms | Dean Bubley
"The European Commission is considering regulating #IPinterconnect, even though almost everyone agrees it works well today".
"Interconnect rules and 'dispute resolution' would wreck many AI concepts ...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"The European Commission is considering regulating hashtag#IPinterconnect, even though almost everyone agrees it works well today".
"Interconnect rules and 'dispute resolution' would wreck many AI concepts and business models".
Me with @CCIAeurope
www.linkedin.com/posts/deanbu...
"Interconnect rules and 'dispute resolution' would wreck many AI concepts and business models".
Me with @CCIAeurope
www.linkedin.com/posts/deanbu...
For decades now, the traditional telcos keep trying to find ways to get newer companies to pay them... whether it is dressed up as " #fairshare " or #NetworkFees or "dispute resolution" or whatever... in the end they are flawed ideas that are solutions trying to find problems (that don't exist) […]
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January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
For decades now, the traditional telcos keep trying to find ways to get newer companies to pay them... whether it is dressed up as " #fairshare " or #NetworkFees or "dispute resolution" or whatever... in the end they are flawed ideas that are solutions trying to find problems (that don't exist) […]
🔥The #DigitalNetworksAct is here. Is #NetNeutrality safe, or is the "Fair Share" debate back?
The fine print suggests the network fee battle is far from over.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
#FairShare #NetworkFees
The fine print suggests the network fee battle is far from over.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
#FairShare #NetworkFees
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 AM
🔥The #DigitalNetworksAct is here. Is #NetNeutrality safe, or is the "Fair Share" debate back?
The fine print suggests the network fee battle is far from over.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
#FairShare #NetworkFees
The fine print suggests the network fee battle is far from over.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
#FairShare #NetworkFees
🔥 #NetworkFees redux
Former US NTIA expert @redthistle.bsky.social (@cepa.org) advocates the last thing Europe “should do is introduce backward-looking, counterproductive #networkfees.”
A clear message for policymakers ahead of the #DigitalNetworksAct!
🔗 www.epluseurope.com/Network%20Fe...
Former US NTIA expert @redthistle.bsky.social (@cepa.org) advocates the last thing Europe “should do is introduce backward-looking, counterproductive #networkfees.”
A clear message for policymakers ahead of the #DigitalNetworksAct!
🔗 www.epluseurope.com/Network%20Fe...
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔥 #NetworkFees redux
Former US NTIA expert @redthistle.bsky.social (@cepa.org) advocates the last thing Europe “should do is introduce backward-looking, counterproductive #networkfees.”
A clear message for policymakers ahead of the #DigitalNetworksAct!
🔗 www.epluseurope.com/Network%20Fe...
Former US NTIA expert @redthistle.bsky.social (@cepa.org) advocates the last thing Europe “should do is introduce backward-looking, counterproductive #networkfees.”
A clear message for policymakers ahead of the #DigitalNetworksAct!
🔗 www.epluseurope.com/Network%20Fe...
🔥 Sender Pay Rules: Lessons from Korea’s Failed Experiment
Evidence matters: Korea’s experience shows what happens when regulation forgets about competition & innovation.
🔗 More details: www.opennetkorea.org/en/wp/7292
#DNA #NetworkFees #DisputeResolution
Evidence matters: Korea’s experience shows what happens when regulation forgets about competition & innovation.
🔗 More details: www.opennetkorea.org/en/wp/7292
#DNA #NetworkFees #DisputeResolution
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔥 Sender Pay Rules: Lessons from Korea’s Failed Experiment
Evidence matters: Korea’s experience shows what happens when regulation forgets about competition & innovation.
🔗 More details: www.opennetkorea.org/en/wp/7292
#DNA #NetworkFees #DisputeResolution
Evidence matters: Korea’s experience shows what happens when regulation forgets about competition & innovation.
🔗 More details: www.opennetkorea.org/en/wp/7292
#DNA #NetworkFees #DisputeResolution
🔥 A fight is brewing in Italy about #CDNs!
Italian regulator #AGCOM gets pushback from @cloudflare.social and @netflix.com for its attempt to reclassify CDNs as Electronic Communications Networks.
A move that was criticised by others for opening the door to #NetworkFees!
#DNA
Italian regulator #AGCOM gets pushback from @cloudflare.social and @netflix.com for its attempt to reclassify CDNs as Electronic Communications Networks.
A move that was criticised by others for opening the door to #NetworkFees!
#DNA
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🔥 A fight is brewing in Italy about #CDNs!
Italian regulator #AGCOM gets pushback from @cloudflare.social and @netflix.com for its attempt to reclassify CDNs as Electronic Communications Networks.
A move that was criticised by others for opening the door to #NetworkFees!
#DNA
Italian regulator #AGCOM gets pushback from @cloudflare.social and @netflix.com for its attempt to reclassify CDNs as Electronic Communications Networks.
A move that was criticised by others for opening the door to #NetworkFees!
#DNA
🔥 Will the US-EU trade deal put a stop to #NetworkFees? Don’t celebrate just yet!
This might change nothing as the EC switched to "dispute resolution," not fees. Moreover, the EC claims it made “no commitment on digital regulation”.
🔗 www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
#DigitalNetworksAct
This might change nothing as the EC switched to "dispute resolution," not fees. Moreover, the EC claims it made “no commitment on digital regulation”.
🔗 www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
#DigitalNetworksAct
July 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🔥 Will the US-EU trade deal put a stop to #NetworkFees? Don’t celebrate just yet!
This might change nothing as the EC switched to "dispute resolution," not fees. Moreover, the EC claims it made “no commitment on digital regulation”.
🔗 www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
#DigitalNetworksAct
This might change nothing as the EC switched to "dispute resolution," not fees. Moreover, the EC claims it made “no commitment on digital regulation”.
🔗 www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
#DigitalNetworksAct
1/🔥 It’s joint statement season with the EC call for evidence on the #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA) closing today, 11 July!
1️⃣ Call to preserve #NetNeutrality by a broad-based group of 84 stakeholders rejecting large telcos’ #FairShare/#NetworkFees push
🔗 www.beuc.eu/letter/joint...
1️⃣ Call to preserve #NetNeutrality by a broad-based group of 84 stakeholders rejecting large telcos’ #FairShare/#NetworkFees push
🔗 www.beuc.eu/letter/joint...
July 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
1/🔥 It’s joint statement season with the EC call for evidence on the #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA) closing today, 11 July!
1️⃣ Call to preserve #NetNeutrality by a broad-based group of 84 stakeholders rejecting large telcos’ #FairShare/#NetworkFees push
🔗 www.beuc.eu/letter/joint...
1️⃣ Call to preserve #NetNeutrality by a broad-based group of 84 stakeholders rejecting large telcos’ #FairShare/#NetworkFees push
🔗 www.beuc.eu/letter/joint...
🔥Hot Item: Fighting for Net Neutrality – Our Chat with @socialhack.bsky.social from the Netzbremse Coalition About Their Complaint Against Deutsche Telekom 🔥
📢 "Access is no longer universal."
📺 Watch now:: youtu.be/b8JWQ19s988
#NetNeutrality #IPinterconnection #FairShare #NetworkFees
📢 "Access is no longer universal."
📺 Watch now:: youtu.be/b8JWQ19s988
#NetNeutrality #IPinterconnection #FairShare #NetworkFees
May 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🔥Hot Item: Fighting for Net Neutrality – Our Chat with @socialhack.bsky.social from the Netzbremse Coalition About Their Complaint Against Deutsche Telekom 🔥
📢 "Access is no longer universal."
📺 Watch now:: youtu.be/b8JWQ19s988
#NetNeutrality #IPinterconnection #FairShare #NetworkFees
📢 "Access is no longer universal."
📺 Watch now:: youtu.be/b8JWQ19s988
#NetNeutrality #IPinterconnection #FairShare #NetworkFees
🔥 Italy's AGCOM consults on expanding telco regulations to #CDNs. @kkomaitis.bsky.social warns about “regulatory overreach” to “appease telcos”, setting a bad precedent for the #DigitalNetworksAct debate & pushing #NetworkFees through the “backdoor”.
www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
April 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🔥 Italy's AGCOM consults on expanding telco regulations to #CDNs. @kkomaitis.bsky.social warns about “regulatory overreach” to “appease telcos”, setting a bad precedent for the #DigitalNetworksAct debate & pushing #NetworkFees through the “backdoor”.
www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...
🔥 An early (poisoned) Valentine’s gift: Telefónica’s ‘Digital Policy Playbook’ turns #FairShare into a ‘fair relation’. A romance with strings: a binding #DisputeMechanism. This is a dressed-up demand to obtain #NetworkFees through the backdoor.
🔗 www.telefonica.com/en/communica...
#DNA
🔗 www.telefonica.com/en/communica...
#DNA
February 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🔥 An early (poisoned) Valentine’s gift: Telefónica’s ‘Digital Policy Playbook’ turns #FairShare into a ‘fair relation’. A romance with strings: a binding #DisputeMechanism. This is a dressed-up demand to obtain #NetworkFees through the backdoor.
🔗 www.telefonica.com/en/communica...
#DNA
🔗 www.telefonica.com/en/communica...
#DNA
🔥 Tit for Tat in Trade Wars: Tolls for Tariffs
🌀 #NetworkFees shape-shift into #DigitalTolls, as German MEP Axel Voss (@eppgroup.bsky.social) proposes digital tolls 🛣️ on non-EU firms to retaliate against U.S. President Trump’s tariff threats.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/axel-v...
#TrumpTariffs
🌀 #NetworkFees shape-shift into #DigitalTolls, as German MEP Axel Voss (@eppgroup.bsky.social) proposes digital tolls 🛣️ on non-EU firms to retaliate against U.S. President Trump’s tariff threats.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/axel-v...
#TrumpTariffs
February 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🔥 Tit for Tat in Trade Wars: Tolls for Tariffs
🌀 #NetworkFees shape-shift into #DigitalTolls, as German MEP Axel Voss (@eppgroup.bsky.social) proposes digital tolls 🛣️ on non-EU firms to retaliate against U.S. President Trump’s tariff threats.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/axel-v...
#TrumpTariffs
🌀 #NetworkFees shape-shift into #DigitalTolls, as German MEP Axel Voss (@eppgroup.bsky.social) proposes digital tolls 🛣️ on non-EU firms to retaliate against U.S. President Trump’s tariff threats.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/axel-v...
#TrumpTariffs
🗞️ The information labs newsletter
👀 October 2024 - January 2025 recap
Check out the latest updates on:
➡️ Perspectives report
➡️ global lab
➡️ internet lab
➡️ AI lab
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/octobe...
#BrusselsEffect #DigitalNetworksAct #NetworkFees #FairShare #AI #copyright
👀 October 2024 - January 2025 recap
Check out the latest updates on:
➡️ Perspectives report
➡️ global lab
➡️ internet lab
➡️ AI lab
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/octobe...
#BrusselsEffect #DigitalNetworksAct #NetworkFees #FairShare #AI #copyright
February 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🗞️ The information labs newsletter
👀 October 2024 - January 2025 recap
Check out the latest updates on:
➡️ Perspectives report
➡️ global lab
➡️ internet lab
➡️ AI lab
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/octobe...
#BrusselsEffect #DigitalNetworksAct #NetworkFees #FairShare #AI #copyright
👀 October 2024 - January 2025 recap
Check out the latest updates on:
➡️ Perspectives report
➡️ global lab
➡️ internet lab
➡️ AI lab
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/octobe...
#BrusselsEffect #DigitalNetworksAct #NetworkFees #FairShare #AI #copyright
🔥 Time to pull the plug on Big Telco's #FairShare fallacy? Check out this handy recap of our hot items last week showing that #NetworkFees and #DisputeResolution claims are running on empty.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/round-...
#DigitalNetworksAct
www.linkedin.com/pulse/round-...
#DigitalNetworksAct
Round-Up: One Hot Item A Day Keeps Network Fees & Dispute Resolution Away⁉️
Have we finally reached the peak moment to write the obituary for Big Telco’s ‘fair share’ fallacy? There certainly seems to be an abundance of evidence that the network fees and dispute resolution cl...
www.linkedin.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🔥 Time to pull the plug on Big Telco's #FairShare fallacy? Check out this handy recap of our hot items last week showing that #NetworkFees and #DisputeResolution claims are running on empty.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/round-...
#DigitalNetworksAct
www.linkedin.com/pulse/round-...
#DigitalNetworksAct
🎄 A #NetworkFees Christmas Carol unfolds! As EVP Henna Virkkunen keynotes today at the #TechLeadership Forum, 3 spirits appear:
1️⃣ Network Fees Past
2️⃣ White Paper Present
3️⃣ Digital Futures
Will she call telco demands "Humbug" & put consumers first?
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ghosts...
1️⃣ Network Fees Past
2️⃣ White Paper Present
3️⃣ Digital Futures
Will she call telco demands "Humbug" & put consumers first?
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ghosts...
December 12, 2024 at 7:50 AM
🎄 A #NetworkFees Christmas Carol unfolds! As EVP Henna Virkkunen keynotes today at the #TechLeadership Forum, 3 spirits appear:
1️⃣ Network Fees Past
2️⃣ White Paper Present
3️⃣ Digital Futures
Will she call telco demands "Humbug" & put consumers first?
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ghosts...
1️⃣ Network Fees Past
2️⃣ White Paper Present
3️⃣ Digital Futures
Will she call telco demands "Humbug" & put consumers first?
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ghosts...
🔥 The 🇩🇪 Monopolies Commission rejects mandated direct payments from CSPs to ISPs, as this “would fundamentally change the Internet ecosystem”! It sees no evidence of #IPInterconnection problems justifying regulation.
#FairShare #NetworkFees
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/monopo...
#FairShare #NetworkFees
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/monopo...
November 19, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🔥 The 🇩🇪 Monopolies Commission rejects mandated direct payments from CSPs to ISPs, as this “would fundamentally change the Internet ecosystem”! It sees no evidence of #IPInterconnection problems justifying regulation.
#FairShare #NetworkFees
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/monopo...
#FairShare #NetworkFees
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/monopo...
🔥 Stratix debunks the EC’s 2030 Digital Decade €174bn connectivity ‘investment gap’ A ‘gap’ telcos wanted to see funded by Big Tech in their #FairShare quest
stratix.nl/wp-content/u...
#NetworkFees#NetNeutrality#OpenInternet#TelecomsAct
stratix.nl/wp-content/u...
#NetworkFees#NetNeutrality#OpenInternet#TelecomsAct
December 6, 2023 at 3:59 PM
🔥 Stratix debunks the EC’s 2030 Digital Decade €174bn connectivity ‘investment gap’ A ‘gap’ telcos wanted to see funded by Big Tech in their #FairShare quest
stratix.nl/wp-content/u...
#NetworkFees#NetNeutrality#OpenInternet#TelecomsAct
stratix.nl/wp-content/u...
#NetworkFees#NetNeutrality#OpenInternet#TelecomsAct