On This Day in Telephone History June 26TH 1968 Carterphone decision by the FCC. The FCC struck down existing interstate telephone tariffs prohibiting attachment or connection to the public telephone system of any equipment or device that was not supplied by the telephone companies. The suit, which began October 20, 1966, centered on the desire of Carter Electronics of Dallas to interconnect private mobile radio systems with the nationwide exchange and message toll telephone network.
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