By Matthew Newman ( October 1, 2026, 10:46 GMT | Insight) -- An EU proposal for US tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft to use “voluntary conciliation” in disputes over telecom network fees is unlikely to be used in practice, a key EU lawmaker said Thursday. At issue is a demand by European telecom operators for large data users on their networks to contribute to the billions of euros needed for infrastructure upgrades.An EU proposal for US tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft to use “voluntary conciliation” in disputes over telecom network fees is unlikely to be used in practice, a key EU lawmaker said Thursday....
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