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[ NNSquad ] Free Press claims Verizon restricting Android tethering apps violates spectrum "C Block" agreement
Free Press claims Verizon restricting Android tethering apps violates spectrum
"C Block" agreement
http://j.mp/iyi5eM (Free Press)
"Free Press will file a complaint today with the Federal
Communications Commission against Verizon for violating the rules
that govern the licenses for its LTE network. Licensees of the C
Block of the upper 700 MHz block, over which Verizon runs its LTE
network, may not "deny, limit, or restrict" the ability of their
customers to use the applications or devices of the customers'
choosing. Recent reports reveal that Verizon has been doing just
that by asking Google to disable tethering applications in the
Android Market. Tethering applications, which allow users to
make their phones into mobile hot-spots, implicate the customers'
ability to use both the applications and devices of their choice.
Free Press argues that by preventing customers from downloading
tethering applications from the Android Market, Verizon is
restricting not only the applications available to them, but also
limits use of tethered devices such as laptop or tablet
computers."
--Lauren--
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