Verizon takes FCC to court over open platform rules for 700MHz auction

Top American mobile phone operator Verizon is trying to throw a legal spanner in the works following the US regulator's decision to change the rules for part of the digital dividend spectrum to be auctioned in January.

As we reported last month the Federal Communications Commission bowed to pressure from Google and agreed to open the so called C Block of 22MHz, which will be split into 12 regional licences, to any application and any device regardless of who wins the auction. Google is still deliberating on whether to bid and then sell the spectrum off to independent ISPs, while Verizon according to US media is intent on winning the spectrum for itself.

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