Incoming FCC Chair Agrees to 'Review' Exclusive Phone Deals

This governmental look into handset exclusivity practices seems to be confusing many people who lack solid understanding of the situation. Here is a simple summary:

This IS NOT about forcing handset manufacturers to create all handsets for all carriers (e.g. IS NOT about requiring Apple to build a CDMA iPhone).

And this IS NOT about forcing all carriers to offer all handsets.

Instead, this IS about potentially allowing all carriers fair opportunity to offer all technologically compatible handsets which they elect to offer, thereby creating greater consumer choice.

This governmental review is happening because both Congress & the FCC are concerned that major carriers, especially VZW & AT&T, are using t...
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