Carriers Claim Verizon, AT&T Dominating 700 MHz Handsets

摘要

Four rural wireless carriers have filed a petition for rulemaking at the FCC alleging that Verizon Wireless and AT&T, Inc., are using their market power to shut smaller carriers out of the 700 megahertz band handset market.rnThe carriers, filing as the 700 MHz Block A Good Faith Purchasers Alliance, said the two largest wireless carriers have issued or are issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) for new handsets that would only work on 700 MHz band blocks for which they hold licenses.