Apple and the FCC: Has Apple gone Evil?
Apple and the FCC: Has Apple gone Evil? – August 20, 2009, at 12:oo pm EDT/9 am PDT.
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Apple has rejected the Google Voice application from inclusion in the iPhone App store. The Federal Communications Commision has now launched an investigation into this action, in order to determine if Apple and/or their partner, AT&T are engaging in anti-competitive behavior. Industry personalities are issuing personal “Five-Part Cases” against Apple, citing a host of reasons why Apple is beginning to look like its old nemesis, Microsoft.
On August 20, join our weekly Network Age Briefing call for a lively debate on our next Network Age Briefing: “Apple and the FCC: Has Apple gone Evil?” Scheduled guests include Chris Libertelli (Senior Director of Government Affairs, Skype), Christopher Guttman-McCabe (Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA) and John Gaffney (Industry analyst and writer of “The Core of the Apple Problem“).
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For further perspectives on this topic: An Antitrust Analysis of the Case for Wireless Network Neutrality by Greg Rosston and Michael Topper
I notice Oliver Mark’s problem with his iPhone and AT&T over on ZDNet today. http://blogs.zdnet.com/collaboration/?p=837&tag=nl.e539
Interesting perspective on the “whose problem is it that my stuff won’t work” discussion between Apple and AT&T