Your smartphone is no longer optional. It is how you access government services, manage finances, stay connected, and participate in modern life. VoIP-PAL alleges that three carriers, together with two dominant platform providers, currently control the conditions under which native telephony is available to 373 million American subscribers.
If VoIP-PAL's allegations are borne out, the implications extend well beyond a lower monthly bill. Open access would allow independent developers and smaller companies to build communications options that currently cannot exist.