Schwarz-Schilling: digital tax instead o • Table.Briefings

Algorithm streams over the optical fiber. 3d illustration. — The telecommunications infrastructure is facing major technical challenges. The Digital Networks Act is intended to provide a framework for the transformation.

The Commission plans to present the White Paper on the Digital Networks Act this week. WIK Director Schwarz-Schilling has studied the draft – and sees potential for improvement. However, she does not see the need for a network levy.

A future Digital Networks Act (DNA) will significantly change the telecommunications market. „If the Commission implements its plans in this way, it will largely abolish ex-ante regulation as we know it and pursue industrial policy,“ said Cara Schwarz-Schilling, Director of the Scientific Institute for Infrastructure and Communication Services (WIK), to Table.Media. Next week, the Commission intends to present a White Paper on the planned DNA, a draft of which has already been submitted to Table.Media.

Schwarz-Schilling: digital tax instead of fair share

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