Tim Hottges, general director of Deutsche Telekom during the Mobile World Congress, the largest world mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025.
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Barcelona – Europe needs its own version Elon MuskTim Höttges, the so -called government efficiency department, general director of Deutsche Telekom Tim Höttges, on Monday laid lanes to limit the red tape in the telecommunications industry.
Höttges said during the panel during the event of the Mobile World Congress Congress in Europe, such as the USA and China, when it comes to key technological innovations, such as artificial intelligence and 5G new generation 5G networks.
“What Europe needs,,” said Höttges with the audience, speaking with Margherita della Valle Vodafone, Marc Murtra from Tlex.
“We need an initiative to limit this bureaucracy and this administration here, because tens of thousands of people and administering our industries are sitting,” he added.
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Höttges said that he would count all Deutsche Telekom regulatory bodies – including media guards, cybersecurity and privacy – and this total number reached about 270.
He added that, unlike other European telecommunications, Deutsche Telekom is able to attract most of its revenues from the US through the majority participation in the American Wireless Network T-Mobile.
Renewed crying for consolidation
Because telecommunications companies often get in previous MWC iterations, Höttges have renewed for Europe to limit barriers in market consolidation in the industry.
“There is no reason for each market to operate with three or four operators,” he said. “We should build a uniform European market.”
Despite this, analysts do not perceive the consolidation of the industry as a “silver ball” for the sector. The global leading telecommunications PwC Florian Gröne said that although the EU regulation led to “fragmentation” in the region, it is not sure if she agrees with “industry mantra, that you need cross -border consolidation and everything will be fine.”
“The Telco model integrated vertically has its own purpose, but it is not the right lens to drive the results from both the company's perspective and the regulatory, more social perspective,” said Gröne last week before MWC.
Höttges added that Europe should seriously consider the burden of American technological giants such as AmazonIN Microsoft AND Netflix Fee for using a network of mobile operators, an initiative that was proposed many times in the past.
“This is a free service that we offer because there are no connections. And I think that even they should somewhat contribute to conducting the investment needs of our industry, “said Höttges.