The undersigned members of the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC) renew their support for the Petition to Confirm a Consumer’s Right to Use Internet Communications Software and Attach Devices to Wireless Networks (“Skype Petition”) and respectfully ask the Federal Communications Commission to gather additional information concerning several recent developments in the marketplace regarding the openness of the wireless communications marketplace.

The wireless marketplace continues to be dominated by carriers that refuse to open their networks to competing telephones and software. None of the developments over the last few weeks have altered the fact that in the actual marketplace, a consumer cannot use a mobile phone of his or her choosing with his or her preferred mobile service. Therefore, a rule to require carriers to open their networks to any non-harmful devices and software provided by independent providers of equipment and software remains an important national policy.

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