Telekom’s Next Generation Networks Problem

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The quiet power struggle

An overly long article about the heart of Telekom’s problem: they don’t want to be a mere carrier, and they’re willing to destroy the open internet along the way.

Here’s my short version: business-school clowns and sales droids from equipment vendors tell Telekom it can make more money from value-added services than Google and Facebook combined. All they have to do is buy some new switches with NGN and sell customers Entertain pay TV. Then pull the plug on independent streaming services, and voilà! Profit.

They must not get away with this. The EU has to protect net neutrality and establish the right to access the open internet as a fundamental right.