Media: operators proposed obliging IT companies to pay for traffic

2024-02-09 07:49:03

In May 2023, Kommersant, with reference to the text of the strategy for the development of the communications industry until 2035, wrote that the Ministry of Digital Development proposed to oblige Internet services to pay telecom operators for passing the “main” Internet traffic. It was clarified that the requirement will not apply to companies from the register of information dissemination organizers (ORI), including VKontakte, Zen and Odnoklassniki (owned by VK), Yandex services, as well as video hosting Rutube (owned by Gazprom Media holding”). The newspaper noted that the initiative could affect YouTube and online cinemas.