FCC's Martin: No Opening of Wireless Networks
Consumer Affairs, April 2, 2008
By Martin H. Bosworth
Supporters of wireless networks that can work with any phone or device who thought Federal Communications Commission chair Kevin Martin was an ally were wrong.
Martin told an audience at a trade show that he was issuing an order dismissing a challenge from computer phone service Skype to open all wireless networks to all devices.
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