1:1 with Michal Boni
In this podcast former MEP Michal Boni (SME CONNECT) & the internet lab discuss the SME dimension of internet regulation
📌Episode Highlights
⏲️[00:00] Intro
⏲️[01:41] Q1 - How do you interpret the relationship between users accessing more content and services online and the impact this may have on telcos?
⏲️[07:41] Q2 - What are the inherent dangers (if any) of Big Tech being requested to pay for the network of telcos?
⏲️[13:02] Q3 - Do you think it is appropriate to compare the contribution of Big Tech and telcos in infrastructure, as suggested by some?
⏲️[18:41] You have 1 minute to deliver a message to the powers that be in the EU on the 'fair contribution' discussion: make your case.
⏲️[20:01] Outro
📌About Our Guest
🎙️ Former MEP Michal Boni | SME Connect
🐦 https://twitter.com/michalboni
🌐 https://www.smeconnect.eu
As a Polish politician, Michal Boni was a pioneer in digital matters both as the first minister of Digital Affairs in Central Eastern Europe and as the author of several strategy plans on how to develop the digital economy and society in his home country. In 2014, he took his expertise to Brussels as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), where he led on key digital files covering privacy, 5G, interoperability, open science cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). Since 2019, he works with different organisations, including SME Connect, the Martens Centre, and the Digital Enlightenment Forum, while also sharing his knowledge of digital matters with the University for Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland and the European University in Cyprus.
⏲️[00:00] Intro
⏲️[01:41] Q1 - How do you interpret the relationship between users accessing more content and services online and the impact this may have on telcos?
⏲️[07:41] Q2 - What are the inherent dangers (if any) of Big Tech being requested to pay for the network of telcos?
⏲️[13:02] Q3 - Do you think it is appropriate to compare the contribution of Big Tech and telcos in infrastructure, as suggested by some?
⏲️[18:41] You have 1 minute to deliver a message to the powers that be in the EU on the 'fair contribution' discussion: make your case.
⏲️[20:01] Outro
📌About Our Guest
🎙️ Former MEP Michal Boni | SME Connect
🐦 https://twitter.com/michalboni
🌐 https://www.smeconnect.eu
As a Polish politician, Michal Boni was a pioneer in digital matters both as the first minister of Digital Affairs in Central Eastern Europe and as the author of several strategy plans on how to develop the digital economy and society in his home country. In 2014, he took his expertise to Brussels as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), where he led on key digital files covering privacy, 5G, interoperability, open science cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). Since 2019, he works with different organisations, including SME Connect, the Martens Centre, and the Digital Enlightenment Forum, while also sharing his knowledge of digital matters with the University for Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland and the European University in Cyprus.
