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Future of dispute between operators and Big Tech

A work from the University of Brasilia traces the main disparities between the incomes of both sectors, but also advances a market transformation panorama

The controversy unleashed in recent times regarding Big Techs and the obligation or not to participate in the financing of new telecommunications structures (Fair Share), has led in different parts of the world to the need to delve deeper into the subject, learn truly what is happening and what are the perspectives that are presented in the face of the rapid advance of new technologies that will surely change, totally or in part, the current telecommunications landscape.

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