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Google holds Verizon’s feet to fire on 700MHz open access
by Matthew Lasar May 6 2008 - 6:13am Ars Technica story
The struggle over the Federal Communications Commission's 700MHz auction's C Block just flared up again. Google has written a stern letter to the FCC demanding that the agency force the block's winner, Verizon, to honor the spectrum region's open platform provision. "The rule requires openness for 'Any Applications, Any Devices'—not 'Any Applications, Except on Verizon Devices,' as Verizon would interpret it," a small squad of Google attorneys told the FCC on Friday. "The Commission must ensure that Verizon understands that this license obligation means what it says: Any Apps, Any Devices." Google wants the agency to make Verizon promise to adhere to the C Block rules—in writing. . . . more Bookmark/Search this post with:           |
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