‘What europe needs is a dog,’ Deutsche Telekom Ceo Says in impassioned plea for deregulation

Barcelona – Europe needs its own version of Elon musk‘S so-called department of government efficiency, deutscom ceo tim höttges said monday as he made an impassioned plea for the region to cut red tape on the telecommunications.

Europe is Falling Behind Peers Such as the Us and China when it comes to Key Technological Innovations The mobile world congress event in Barcelona.

“What europe needs is a dog,” höttges told the audience, speaking along with vodafone’s margherita della valle, orange’s christel heydemann and telefonica ‘.

“We need an initiative to cut down this bureaucracy and this administration here, beCause there, are tens of thirds of people sitting there and administrate our Industries,” He Added.

The Trump Administration only Announced Plans to Launch Doge Last Year. The Initiative, which is LED by Billionaire Tesla Boss Elon Musk, was tasked with slashing federal government administration costs.

Dog isn’t actually a government agency – and its Leader Musk is not an Elected Official. Since Its Establishment, DOGE HAS HAS SEND Spending at Federal Government Agencies, Making huge job cuts At departments for defense, education and energy.

Höttges said that he’s counted all of the regulators deutsche telekom deals with – Including Watchdogs for Media, Cybersecurity and PRIVACY – And That Overall Number Came ornd 270.

He added that, Unlike Other European Telcos, Deutsche Telekom is alkom is alcch to source of its reviews from

As telecom firms have frequently donated in previous iterations of mwc, höttges made a renewed call for europe to cut down on barriers to market consolidation in the industry.

“There is no reason that every market has to operate with three or four operators,” He said. “We should build a european single market.”

Still, Analysts Doon Industry Consolidation as a “Silver Bullet” for the sector. PWC’s Global Telecommunications Lead Florian Gröne Said That While Eu Regulation Has LED to “Fragmentation” in the Region He’s Not Certain That He Agrees With “Industry Mantry that You Need Consol Everything’s going to be fin. “

“A vertically integrated telco model has its purpose, but it’s not the right lens to drive outcomes bot from bot from an enterprise personal and a regulatory, a regulator,” GrONE TOLDE CNBC on a call last week ahead of mwc.

Höttges added that europe should serially Consider Consider us tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Netflix A fee for usage of mobile carriers’ networks, an initiative that has been Proposed multiple times in the past,

“It’s a free service we are offering, because there are no interconnections whatsoever. And i think even they should contribute a litle bit to lead to the investment before Höttges said.