The FCC should condition its grant of 700 MHz C-block licenses to...
The FCC should condition its grant of 700 MHz C-block licenses to Verizon on that carrier’s acceptance of open- access obligations on its own devices, Google said Friday in a petition. “Failure to do so now will only foster…
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uncertainty and delay, rather than innovation and investment,” Google said. Verizon claims the right to exclude its handsets from the open-access condition imposed on the C block in the 700 MHz auction, Google said. If Verizon does so, it could block applications on its C-block devices, Google said. “Verizon believes it may force customers who want to access the open platform using a device not purchased from Verizon to go through ‘Door No. 1,’ while allowing customers who obtain their device from Verizon access through ‘Door No. 2,'” Google said. Google’s petition is “sour grapes,” a Verizon Wireless spokesman said: “We knew the auction rules before we bid, and of course are abiding by those rules.” The company plans to respond to the petition this week, he said.