Verizon Wireless takes FCC to court

September 15 2007: Verizon Wireless is taking the FCC’s open spectrum access requirements for the upcoming auction to court. The major wireless players have never liked the notion of open equipment and application support for wireless, and Verizon has decided to test its case. We’re hearing that even inside Verizon there’s not much hope assigned to the success of this move. Public policy pressure for open wireless is strong, and some in the carrier space feel that any attempt to block the current FCC plan may simply encourage Congress to do something far broader and, from the wireless incumbents’ perspective, worse. The courts have generally allowed the FCC a lot of latitude in this area, all the way up to the Supreme Court. It seems unlikely that the auction will be halted by an injunction, and if it is not the whole issue may be moot if a non-incumbent won the bid.

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