Stop picking on us, or else Mobile operators: Stop picking on us, or else
Summary: Carriers don't want to be the bad guys--but they're telling customers, governments, and Internet companies it's time to pay up for their network services.
BARCELONA--Think your wireless network provider is hard-nosed today? Just wait.
Although executives for these operators are tired of being seen as the bad guy, they're also willing to take stern measures to defend their businesses, several said today at the Mobile World Congress show here. That means that Internet companies, governments, and mobile phone customers must pay up.
"We've become the bad gatekeepers," bemoaned Sunil Bharti Mittal, chief executive of Indian carrier Airtel. "When somebody watches YouTube on a mobile phone and ends up [with a] big bill, he curses under his breath at the telecom operators. But YouTube is consuming a massive amount of resources on our network. Somebody's got to pay for that."
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