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Zuckerberg Dines with European Telco Execs

posted by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @08:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the nickle-and-dime dept.

strattitarius writes "Mark Zuckerberg met with top mobile and telco executives to address concerns that Internet providers are becoming "simple pipes" as apps like WhatsApp eat into high-margin over-the-top services such as text messaging and even voice communications. Orange SA CEO Stephane Richard stated "The risk for us is being excluded from the world of services".

It would seem that the telcos are realizing that they have been behind the curve as Richard stated "A service like WhatsApp, to be honest, that's something we could've and should've come up with before". Ironically in doing so, they basically make the case that they had every chance and advantage to create these apps and monetize them just as WhatsApp and Skype have done."

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by bucc5062 on Friday February 28 2014, @10:56AM

    by bucc5062 (699) on Friday February 28 2014, @10:56AM (#8521)

    Yes, I had read that, actually replied to the petition response and had posted it also on the other site (as S/N had not been born yet).

    The official response to the petition was tepid, this opens the door for the People to push back harder and demand a more proactive response than "I wash my hands". I want to write to my representatives, but they are either Tparty extremists or at best, solid conservative republicans (I am neither) so getting the wording such that they may listen is difficult to create.

    I'll leave it at that for just thinking about a future were ISPs get to dictate content over the internet is just sad and I need happy today.

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  • (Score: 1) by tibman on Friday February 28 2014, @12:28PM

    by tibman (134) on Friday February 28 2014, @12:28PM (#8576)

    It's rough when most of your national representation is by citizens that appose your view. I have called McConnell's office and let him know what i thought. They usually write nice letters back but are more informative than anything else : )

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