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Verizon Wireless Proposes Roaming Rule Change

Jul 22, 2009, 9:38 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Facing pressure from the government, Verizon Wireless has proposed a change to the current laws regarding roaming. As the law stands, carriers are not required to provide roaming services to competing entities that own spectrum in a given market but have yet to build out a network there. Smaller carriers have complained that this hurts their customers, who won't be able to roam in those regions and will be left without service. Verizon says it will support legislation that requires it to provide roaming services in this type of circumstance, provided the requirement lasts no longer than two years. The letter was sent to several senators, and is the second olive branch extended by Verizon Wireless in the last week to appease those concerned about competition in the marketplace.

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WiWavelength

Jul 23, 2009, 11:17 AM

real world translation of VZW proposal

VZW: "With our ALLTEL acquisition and myopic regulation under the previous administration, we know we've nearly cornered the market on CDMA roaming. But, what the heck, we'll give those other CDMA carriers fully two years before we shut them off or price them out. Hey, aren't we fair & generous?"

AJ

Menno

If the companies are not building their own networks, then yes, they should be shut off.

These local carriers keep pushing how they are "so much cheaper" than the other guys, and how the big companies are just ripping customers off. Let's see them...
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Azeron

Sprint should have been wiser and purchased Alltel rather than Nextel and they could have been leveraging all that spectrum.

CellStudent

Jul 22, 2009, 10:59 PM

Fear of regulation...

...is the mother of concession.

Still trying to give in just enough to avoid a reasonable government mandate again.

Best of luck with that, Red!

Menno

If someone is a small regional carrier that owns spectrum (meaning that they are not a total MNVO, and thus are capable of building their own towers) . They shouldn't get unlimited roaming rights in an area, even though not having so does hurt their ...
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Azeron

Why would anyone want to regulated? Of course, they are making concessions. If the government counters with four years they may take it.

SprintIndie08

Jul 23, 2009, 9:53 AM

More revenue?

Would this not generate additional revenue by having more people roam on their network?

The article states:

But the company said in the letter, obtained by Reuters, that it would support a new law requiring it to provide rivals with roaming services in places it is not currently obliged to offer such services.

but does this mean that they provide it for free?

Are roaming agreements usually done in exchange for coverage in other areas or for monetary gain? I'm not familiar with how these generally work,

SI08

iori276

Normally yes, but then again its an entirely diff. situation. I dont see it being monetary gain due to the fact its supposed to help them gain funds, but then again, nothing in this world is free.

jskrenes

Roaming agreements are usually done for money, carriers pay each other. But the carrier makes more money if the customer is a subscriber and not a roamer, hence they might not want people roaming off their towers if the customer can switch carriers.

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