Verizon settles FCC probe into 'tethering' block
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 17:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(AP) -- In the first move of its kind, the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday said it's accepting a $1.25 million settlement from Verizon Wireless to end an investigation into whether the company asked Google Inc. to withhold so-called "tethering" software for Internet sharing.