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The original post can be found on the netarchitecture.org website.

Two weeks ago, various news outlets reported that Verizon Wireless’s new Galaxy Nexus phone, an Android device that went on sale last Thursday, will not support Google Wallet, Google’s mobile payment application. Based on what we know from press reports, it seems that Verizon Wireless is violating the open-devices and open-applications conditions in its legal licenses for part of the 700 MHz spectrum (the so-called “C-Block”) over which the company’s LTE network operates. There is, however, great uncertainty about what exactly is going on. Read more » about Is Verizon Wireless illegally blocking Google Wallet? It’s time for the FCC to investigate

Cross-posted from Barbara van Schewick's blog.

According to recent news reports, Verizon Wireless has asked Google to disable tethering applications in Google’s mobile application store, the Android Market. Tethering applications allow users to use laptops or other devices over their mobile Internet connection by attaching them to their smart phones.

In early June, Free Press filed a complaint with the FCC alleging that this behavior violates the openness conditions that govern the use of the part of the 700 MHz spectrum over which Verizon Wireless’s LTE network operates. The FCC seems to have designated the proceeding as a restricted proceeding under its ex parte rules, which means that the public will not be invited to comment on the issues raised by Free Press’s complaint.

Today, I asked the FCC to open up the proceeding for public comment. (The full text of the letter is here (pdf) and copied below.) Read more » about Public Interest Requires Public Input: Verizon/Android Tethering

The original post can be found on the netarchitecture.org website. Read more » about The FCC’s Open Internet Rules – Stronger than You Think

The FCC’s Open Internet Proposal – Lessons from Silicon Valley Edit

[This is the second of two posts about the FCC's proposal for Open Internet rules. The first post is available here. Both of these posts originally were posted in my blog.] Read more » about The FCC’s Open Internet Proposal – Lessons from Silicon Valley Edit

On December 1, the chairman of the FCC proposed a set of rules designed to protect the open Internet. He would like the commission to adopt this proposal at its open meeting on December 21. Since then, many have posted their evaluations of the proposal. Some unequivocally support the proposal. Read more » about Start-Up Video Company Asks FCC to Improve Open Internet Proposal