The issue focused on whether or not the company should be allowed to continue developing its new mobile operating system, the operating system for Google Nexus devices. The company argued that the software was being used on its phones by users and therefore not in its proper place in the ecosystem.

The FCC voted 3-2 to approve the application.

Google, meanwhile, argued that the company was being unfairly targeted by the agency for being too close to the company, even though it had made a few investments in the device