CTIA–The Wireless Association® President & CEO Steve Largent Blasts Call for Carterfone Rules

February 23, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC – CTIA–The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent offered the following comments today in response to a petition filed with the Federal Communications Committee by Skype Communications which argued that wireless carrier services should be subject to the Carterfone principle:  

"Skype’s self-interested filing contains glaring legal flaws and a complete disregard for the vast consumer benefits provided by the competitive marketplace. Skype’s "recommendations" will freeze the innovation and choice hundreds of millions of consumers enjoy today. The call for imposing monopoly era Carterfone rules to today’s vibrant market is unmistakably the wrong number."

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