The typically tight-lipped BlackBerry CEO, John Chen, has released a letter in response to Federal Communications Commission's decision to reclassify the wireless and wireline broadband as Title II services. The letter which discusses carrier neutrality, internet neutrality, and content and application neutrality was posted on Inside BlackBerry blog.
On the issue of internet neutrality Chen highlighted some the of practices of Internet Service Providers wherein they "throttle" internet speeds every time they detect that users are using up excessive bandwidth speed. Chen also showed his resentment towards the "fast lane" schemes of some ISP highlighting that these practices will destroy the currently free and open internet.
Chen said on his letter, "Therefore, any net neutrality legislation must take a holistic view of the entire playing field, addressing both carrier neutrality and content/application neutrality."
On his letter, Chen also said that the decision of the FCC will use the Title II reclassification authority in order to regulate wireless rates. BlackBerry along with Google and other public interest groups still adhere to the FCC regulation 47 CFR§ 27.16, this rule mandates two important principle in network neutrality, the no blocking and no locking principle, these principles would have been a very important key in maintaining wireless carrier neutrality.
On the third part of Chen's letter, he went ballistic over app and content neutrality, according to CIO. It is no longer a secret that BlackBerry apps have been lagging behind Apple's App Store and Google Play. Some tech analyst we're quick to establish that Chen's reaction about app neutrality is simply an act of desperation in order to stabilize the company's failing app market.
The CIO report also added that the BlackBerry CEO has yet to fully understand how the modern application ecosystem works. Nowadays, app developers will have to target the market where they can make lots of money. The report also said that BlackBerry apps may be popular but in the modern app market, popularity does not equate to higher sales output.