The question is about summaries provided by Google’s Gemini chatbot, whether they constitute a use of publishers’ news publication under Article 15 Press Publishers’ Right of the #DCDSM, thereby requiring consent and compensation 2/
1/ At #IBA Communications Conference in Paris we hold a very interesting debate about #cloud and #competition. Many thanks to Leonor Cordovil who coordinated the panel and to Antonio Baldassarra Neil Gallagher and Elodie Vandenhende who made the discussion vibrant.
3/ Therefore, the absolute number is not relevant, but how many are in direct competition. That said, for what it is useful, US operators are much more numerous than one might imagine in Europe, here are only data for mobile: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
2/ The number of operators or their size are factors whose relevance is excessively emphasized, considering that in the networks market what really matters is the following: economies of density (and not economies of scale) and how many operators compete on the same territory
1/ How many telecom operators are there in the US? Only 3 (i.e. Verizon, AT&T, and TMobile) as supporters of consolidation suggest? Or 4+1, i.e. including UScellualr or Dish? I admit that the question does not fascinate me, especially if it is aimed at extracting "lessons" for European regulation.
The US government has published its annual report on barriers to (their) trade. #fairshare is mentioned as “network fee usage” (although in Europe there is no relevant legislation) together with #DMA, #DSA as well as (new entries) AIAct and #DataAct. ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
It was challenging to be at #FTTH2025 and moderate the workshop on deploying fiber optic networks in mountain areas, together with Boris Ilovar of SpeedConnect, Christian Schläpfer of Swiss FibreCo AG, Ivan Botta of Isiline and Manuel Garnelo of Red Neutra
