Skype agog with mobile carriers once again
Source: voipcentral.org
Skype has once again complained that the mobile phone carriers are arbitrarily blocking software applications offered by other companies on their network.
The VoIP giant has appealed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reintroduce the well-known Carterfone rules of 1968 to control such type of monopolistic activities that hinder subscribers’ freedom.
In a case filed in the FCC, Skype has brought serious objections against Verizon Wireless and other big brands who decline their customers to download any kind of communication software application from other companies and allow them to their operators’ network.
Terming it as a ‘Locked’ phone system, Skype urged the FCC to reintroduce the famous Carterfone rules which was introduced in 1968 to free the customers from AT&T’s stringent wireless policy. The prevalence of locked phone system leaves the customers with no options but to comprise what is available to them from their cellphone operators.
Skype explains FCC,
Carriers are using their considerable influence over handset design and usage to maintain control over and limit subscribers’ right to run software communications applications of their choosing.
Skype’s Peer-to-Peer VoIP application has been prevented by some of the cellphone carriers in USA.
It might be the reason for Skype to give high sound for Carterfone law. However, the VoIP company is not getting support from other players.
