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Wireless Giants Blocking New Mobile Services

Verizon, AT&T, keep competitors away

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 11, 2007 10:54 PM CST

(Newser) – Wireless service giants AT&T and Verizon may be blocking other companies' devices and applications to defeat potential competition. Business Week reports that a discount international cell phone service, a wireless banking service, and PayPal, trying to bring its online payment service to wireless, were... Read full story »

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