FCC: Cell providers must open roaming access

Published August 8, 2007 4:00am ET



The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday adopted an order that mandates all mobile phone providers must grant other providers equal access to their roaming networks. The ruling said that the terms much be “just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory,” since there is a common carrier obligation for roaming services.

The order makes it easier for all U.S. customers to have automatic roaming services wherever they are located, regardless of their service carrier.

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