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COAI: Telcos have been demanding a fair share from the LTGs, emphasising the need for equitable cost distribution amid rising infrastructure expenses and increasing costs of network deployment and maintenance by the telcos.

The large traffic-generating platforms, despite earning both from subscription fees and advertising revenues, do not contribute to the network costs financially, rued Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) whose prominent members include Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea.

Telecom operators in India, the second largest wireless market, would like internet companies to compensate for using their networks, a recommendation they've made to the local regulatory body, echoing a viewpoint that is gaining some momentum in other parts of the world. Jio, India's largest telecom operator with more than 450 million subscribers, recommended to the local regulator that internet companies should be made to "contribute" towards telecom network costs based on...

Companies such as Meta have said such a move would not solve the telcos financial problems and ignores hefty investments by tech companies.

But these latest price rises are not going up by the same proportion. londons seeing the smallest increase, up 8 pence a day, while north wales and merseyside are seeing their standing charge double this week, up an extra 23 pence. the regulator sets a different maximum standing charge in each area. ofgem told us that some regions are increasing more than others because of a reallocation of network costs. that means people living here in liverpool will have to find an extra £50 a year compared ...

But these latest price rises are not going up by the same proportion. london is seeing the smallest increase, up eight pence a day, while north wales and merseyside are seeing their standing charges double this week, up an extra 23 pence. the regulator sets a different maximum standing charge in each area. ofgem told us that some regions are increasing more than others, because of a reallocation of network costs. that means people living here in liverpool will have to find an extra £50 a year, ...

You want from government talks? we are seriously concerned about these unprecedented energy price surges mean for the industry and the people that work in it. weve been struggling for years with energy prices, we pay more than twice as much as our german competitors, the existing mechanisms do not work in government has been blind to our calls for the past five years but they have to take urgent action and follow the lead of other countries such as spain and italy that have acted and delivered b...

Supply— continue to operate and avoid that supply chain disruption. second ask is around _ supply chain disruption. second ask is around immediate action by the regulator— is around immediate action by the regulator to reduce network costs for energy— regulator to reduce network costs for energy intensive industries and then we _ for energy intensive industries and then we are asking them to replicate then we are asking them to replicate the network type discounts offered to other _ the ne...

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Trying to stop the bill. why are they trying to stop the legislation from going through? >> you know, its what some of these groups do. it also tells me theres an enormous revenue stream behind it. >> venture capitalists. i call them wall street firms that have bought these physician practices and theyre running these ads. >> turns out the congressmen were right. "the new york times" reports that doctor/patient unity which paid for tv ads across the country is funded by two private equity-backed...