U.S. Investigating AT&T and Verizon Over Wireless Collusion Claim - New York Times

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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Co-Director Cyber Civilization Research Center at Keio University  Tokyo Japan

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> From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com>
> Date: April 20, 2018 at 6:04:10 PM EDT
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> Subject: U.S. Investigating AT&T and Verizon Over Wireless Collusion Claim - New York Times
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> WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into potential coordination by AT&T, 
> Verizon and a telecommunications standards organization to hinder consumers from easily switching wireless carriers, 
> according to six people with knowledge of the inquiry.
>
> In February, the Justice Department issued demands to AT&T, Verizon and the G.S.M.A., a mobile industry 
> standards-setting group, for information on potential collusion to thwart a technology known as eSIM, said two of the 
> people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details are confidential.
>
> The technology lets people remotely switch wireless providers without having to insert a new SIM card into a device. 
> AT&T and Verizon face accusations that they colluded with the G.S.M.A. to try to establish standards that would allow 
> them to lock a device to their network even if it had eSIM technology.
>
> The investigation was opened about five months ago after at least one device maker and one wireless carrier filed 
> formal complaints with the Justice Department, two of the people said...
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/technology/att-verizon-investigate-esim.html
>
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