CTIA Replaces Verizon in Open Access Suit Against the FCC
October 24, 2007 9:49 AM | Verizon | Comments (0)
| Verizon Wireless has withdrawn its appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 700 MHz open-access rule. Verizon Wireless isn't happy with the FCC 700 MHz recent open-access rules and had filed a lawsuit which created uncertainty with the upcoming auction of the more than a thousand wireless airwaves licenses. However, CTIA (The International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry) has immediately entered to challenge the same regulation in a law suit filed at the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. “In challenging the 700 MHz order, petitioner does not seek to delay or overturn the results of any auction,” CTIA told the court. “Petitioner does, however, seek to overturn certain aspects of the order that are at odds with prior commission rulings and with the realities of the competitive marketplace for wireless services.” |
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Verizon Wireless stated in it's withdrawn appeal filing that the suit was prompted by the D.C. Circuit’s Oct. 3 denial of its emergency motion for expedited treatment of the No. 2 mobile phone carrier’s 700 MHz open-access appeal.
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