Is FCC Cavalry Coming to Free Your iPhone?
Cell phones and their carriers have strange bands of devotees: certain people love their Blackberries but hate Verizon’s customer services; many iPhone owners are committed to their devices but can’t stand AT&T. Exclusivity agreements between handset makers and service providers might be coming to an end, if the FCC and the Congress can overcome serious opposition. Would you free your cell phone?
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Guests:
Todd Lantor, general counsel for the Rural Cellular Association
Carrie Bennet, general counsel for the Rural Telecommunications Group
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4 months, 2 weeks ago
I only heard part of this portion of the broadcast this afternoon, but what I didn't hear was anyone mention that AT&T uses a GSM network while Verizon uses a CDMA network and the two are incompatible. They are two distinct hardware systems and simply unlocking the current iPhone (any version) will not magically make it work on a Verizon CDMA system. It's certainly possible that Apple can make a dual technology phone that could indeed work on both systems, but it does not at this time and has said there are no current plans to do so.