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But the idea, which sounds simple, has sparked wails of disapproval not just from the tech giants<\/a> who would be forced to pay, but also from digital rights activists worried that it would create a two-speed internet.
EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager<\/a> kicked off the controversy at a media briefing on Monday when she promised renewed focus on the idea of \"fair contribution to telecommunication networks\".
\"We see that there are players who generate a lot of traffic that then enables their business but who have not been contributing actually to enable that traffic,\" she said.
Vestager did not name any companies but European telecoms lobby group ETNO published a study on the same day naming the firms they see as the major culprits -- Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Netflix.
ETNO cited a claim that these six accounted for more than 55 percent of online traffic globally last year.
Vestager's colleague, interior markets commissioner Thierry Breton, quoted a similar figure in a tweet on Wednesday, writing that restoring fairness was now \"one of the main projects in our digital space\".
Media reports suggested legislation would be on the table by the end of the year.
The EU has already passed two massive laws giving regulators more bite when it comes to policing content and anti-competitive practices.
Those efforts were largely welcomed by rights activists.
But the fight over internet infrastructure has sparked fears that the EU could end up jeopardising \"net neutrality\", whereby telecoms firms are barred from selling faster internet speeds to particular companies.
The issue has spawned a long-running toxic debate in the United States.
Double-dip accusation<\/strong>
Telecom companies have made repeated requests for tech firms to pay up, including a joint appeal last year from the four largest European operators -- Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Orange and Telefonica.
With the launch of its report on Monday, ETNO pointed out that telecoms firms have invested more than 500 billion euros over the past 10 years to develop national networks.
The association envisaged that a 20-billion-euro annual contribution would create hundreds of thousands of jobs, boost economic output across the bloc and help reduce energy consumption.
The tech industry was quick to respond, calling ETNO's conclusions \"fundamentally flawed\".
\"Operators are already being paid by their customers,\" said Christian Borggreen of the CCIA lobby group for tech firms, accusing telecoms firms of wanting to \"double-dip\".
\"This would be equivalent to energy companies trying to collect fees from appliance makers for the energy use of washing machines while consumers are already being charged for the actual amount of energy used to do their laundry,\" he said.
Privileged access<\/strong>
While both sides claim to support the principle of an open internet, activists and experts have raised concerns that the EU could open the way to firms buying faster internet from providers.
The EU's top court confirmed in a 2020 ruling against internet provider Telenor that such pricing policies were illegal.
But Thomas Lohninger of EDRi, a rights lobby group, wrote that Vestager \"wants to destroy Net Neutrality in the EU\" and said it would be a \"huge mistake\".
Stephane Bortzmeyer, a network engineer and commentator, told AFP the result of enabling telecoms firms to discriminate would certainly be a two-speed internet.
\"There will be ordinary people who don't pay, whose services will be slow, and others who can afford it will have privileged access,\" he said.
The issue of net neutrality has been at the heart of a bitter years-long row in the United States where activists and tech firms have fought against telecom firms' efforts to weaken rules against such pricing policies.
Vestager may just have imported a similar row to Europe.
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科技和电信:欧盟点燃“网络中立”辩论
欧盟竞争委员会专员Margrethe Vestager开幕的争议在周一的新闻发布会上,当她答应重新关注“公平对电信网络的贡献”的想法。
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但这个想法,这听起来很简单,不仅引发了反对的哭泣的科技巨头谁将被迫支付,但也从数字维权人士担心它会创建一个双速互联网。
欧盟竞争委员会委员Margrethe Vestager拉开了争议在周一的新闻发布会上,当她答应重新关注“公平对电信网络的贡献”的想法。
“我们看到有球员产生大量的流量,然后使他们的业务,但实际上没有贡献,使流量,”她说。
维斯塔并没有公司的名字但欧洲电信游说团体ETNO在同一天发表的一项研究命名他们认为罪魁祸首——Facebook的公司,苹果、亚马逊、微软、谷歌和Netflix。
ETNO引用一个声称这六个占去年全球超过55%的在线流量。
维斯塔的同事,内部市场专员蒂埃里布列塔尼人,周三,在推特上引用了一个类似的图写恢复公平现在是“数字空间”的一个主要项目。
媒体报道建议立法将是今年年底在桌子上。
欧盟已经通过了两个巨大的法律监管机构给予更多的咬在监管内容和反竞争行为。
这些努力在很大程度上受到人权活动人士的欢迎。
但争夺互联网基础设施引发了担忧,欧盟最终可能危及“网络中立”,即电信公司被禁止出售特定公司更快的网络速度。
这一问题催生了一个长时间运行的有毒的辩论在美国。
二次指控
电信公司已经多次要求科技公司支付,包括去年联合上诉的四大欧洲运营商——德国电信、沃达丰、橙色和西班牙电信。
周一发布的报告,ETNO指出,电信公司投资超过5000亿欧元在过去十年发展本国网络。
协会设想,200亿欧元的年度贡献创造成千上万的就业机会,提高整个集团的经济产出和有助于减少能源消耗。
科技行业迅速作出回应,称ETNO的结论“根本性的缺陷”。
“运营商已经由客户支付,“说基督教Borggreen CCIA游说团体的科技公司,指责电信公司想要“双底”。
“这相当于能源公司试图收费从设备制造商的能源使用洗衣机,消费者已经被用于实际的能量用来做衣服,”他说。
访问权限
虽然双方都声称支持互联网开放的原则,活动人士和专家担心,欧盟可以打开公司从供应商购买更快的网络。
欧盟最高法院确认在2020年的互联网提供商Telenor这样定价政策是违法的。
但托马斯Lohninger EDRi,权利游说团体,写道,维斯塔“欧盟想要摧毁网络中立”,说这将是一个“巨大的错误”。
网络工程师和评论员Stephane Bortzmeyer,告诉法新社的结果使电信公司歧视肯定是双速互联网。
”会有普通人不支付,其服务将是缓慢的,和其他人谁能负担得起将拥有访问权限,”他说。
网络中立的问题一直在苦多年的心行,活动家和科技公司在美国攻打电信公司的努力削弱规则这样的定价政策。
维斯塔可能有类似的行欧洲进口。
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