Verizon to pay $1.25M FCC fine; forced to allow tethering apps

August 1st, 2012

Andrew Campbell

This has been a hot topic for some time now. It was even hot back in ’08 when I worked for the company as a CSR. After numerous complaints the FCC finally opened an investigation and found VZW violated the open access conditions that were placed on

the block of spectrum the company is using to build its 4G LTE network. Specifically, the agency’s rules for this spectrum state that licensees offering service on C Block of 700 MHz spectrum “shall not deny, limit, or restrict the ability

of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice on the licensee’s

C Block network.” VZW will be making a voluntary payment of $1.25M to the treasury. It remains unclear whether they will still charge 3G customers, or allow unlimited usage customer’s with tethering to keep their plans.

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Andrew Campbell

Andrew is the Asst. Editor in Chief and product reviewer for AndroidNerds. Formerly an editor for NerdBerry he became and Android guy back in 2011 and never looked back. He loves talking tech to people so feel free to contact him at andrew@androidnerds.net or Gtalk at ajcampbell31(at)gmail.com or any other social networking sites.