In some ridiculous news over the weekend, it looks like operators in Europe aren’t making enough money especially when it comes to charging for network usage. In addition to making money off their customers, they now want more money from companies such as Google, Apple and Facebook. The top European mobile carriers, Telefonica, France Telecom, and Telecom Italia have spoken up against the online giants, saying that those companies are “using their networks free of charge”. What is that even supposed to mean? Aren’t the reasons that people even want mobile data is because of those services? If Google, Facebook or Apple decided to make their content unavailable to those carriers, do you think people would even want a data plan in the first place? Chances are they’ll be looking for other carriers instead. If a carrier is going to offer data plans to consumers, they should already be prepared for the costs involved. Not to mention, they’re already making money off their consumers to offset expenses. Do you think the carriers deserve payment for being used by other companies?
