The Global System for Mobile telecommunications Association has warned that market imbalances between network operators and online services providers could stall growth in several sectors of the internet-based economy, and called on politicians to urgently address the issue.
GSMA chairman, Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, said the association welcomes the “growing recognition of this issue by policymakers, and as the Internet-based economy expands across all sectors over the next decade.” However, the return on investment in infrastructure for network operators was far lower, at between 6 per cent and 11 per cent.