Fair Share consultation: A new order for Europe’s telecommunications market

Is the Internet tax coming or not? On Friday, the submission deadline for the Commission’s exploratory consultation on „The future electronic communications sector and its infrastructure“ ended. The evaluation will have far-reaching consequences for the European telecommunications market. After all, there is far more at stake than whether the Commission will oblige major content providers such as Alphabet, Meta or Netflix to contribute to the costs of network expansion or whether this will be a compulsory levy or a fair share. The consultation also shows that the Commission is by no means in agreement on how to achieve its digital targets for 2030.