FCC queries AT&T, Apple on Google Voice iPhone app rejection
Yeah, we're pretty much all peeved by Apple suddenly ejecting
all traces of Google Voice from the app store, but now it looks
to have drawn the ire of the Federal Communications Commission,
as well. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the
agency has sent out three letters, one each to Apple, AT&T, and
Google. To the latter company, it asked for a description of the
Google Voice app and whether previous Google apps have been
approved for the store (it has, but that's another interesting
story). To Cupertino, it's asking the phone manufacturer to
explain itself over the sudden exorcism and what involvement, if
any, AT&T had in this decision. The report doesn't make a direct
indication of what the letter to the carrier said, but we can
imagine it's similar to what Apple got, plus some doodles at the
end of a stick figure letting out an exasperated sigh. In a
statement today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said it "has a
mission to fos