FCC Chairman Rejects Skype Petition

April 1, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission should reject an application by eBay Inc.'s Skype division to require wireless operators to allow any device on their networks, the agency's chairman said Tuesday.


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