In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission made public Friday, Google (GOOG) said Apple (AAPL) rejected the Google Voice application for the iPhone -- a claim that runs counter to that issued by Apple last month.
Google's letter alleges that Apple representatives rejected the application on grounds that the application “duplicated the core dialer functionality of the iPhone.” Google Voice allows users to channel multiple land lines and mobile numbers to a single number and voicemail.
Apple said in August that the application was still under review and had not been formally tossed.
The latest claims by Google come from a formerly confidential letter submitted to the FCC in August. The FCC had asked Google, Apple and AT&T (T) to submit letters in response to reports that Google Voice had been denied placement in the iPhone store.
Google said Friday that it decided to let its letter be made public “in the interest of transparency” and in the wake of Apple’s decision to release the letter it had submitted.
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