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Following ATandT, Verizon ETF Hikes, Sen. Klobuchar Pushes FCC

May 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Verizon Wireless doubled its early termination fee, and AT&T recently did nearly the same, hiking the fee in advance of the Apple iPhone refresh from $175 to $325. Minnesota Sen. Klobuchar has again asked the FCC to consider how ETFs are decreasing industry competition. – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is again calling on the Federal
Communications Commission to take action against the early termination
fees imposed by many wireless carriers.

The Minnesota Democrat, following the results of an FCC-commissioned
survey of 3,000 Americans from April to May, descri…

ATandT Will Raise Termination Fees for Smartphones

May 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

AT&T will raise the fee for smartphone users who attempt to break their two-year contracts from $175 to $325, starting June 1. At the same time, termination fees for users of regular smartphones will decline slightly, from $175 to $150. The new fees will apply to new contracts. The move comes as Apple, whose iPhone remains the most popular smartphone on AT&Ts network by mind share and revenue, reportedly prepares a next-generation smartphone to go along with its upcoming iPhone OS 4. In addition, AT&T plans on carrying a number of smartphones running Google Android and Windows Phone 7. – AT amp;T plans on raising the fee for smartphone users who break their
two-year contracts, from $175 to $325, starting June 1. That fee will gradually
shrink over the course of the users contract, by $10 per month, and apply to
new contracts.
At the same time, the termination fee for purchasers…

ATandT Offers $18M to Settle ETF Complaints

January 27th, 2010 | No Comments

AT T files an early termination fee settlement in a New Jersey U.S. District Court, offering customers who filed a class action complaint $16 million in cash and $2 million in other benefits.
– AT amp;T has filed a class action settlement in a New Jersey U.S. District
Court regarding customer complaints about the company’s flat-rate early
termination fees. Although the document is dated Sept. 15, 2009, those involved in the lawsuit
were notified Jan. 26.
The carrier has offered $16 mil…

FCC Expands Early Termination Fee Probe

January 26th, 2010 | No Comments

The governmental regulatory agency, already investigating Verizon Wireless’ early termination fees, now requests information about ETFs from AT T, Google, Sprint and T-Mobile.
– The Federal Communications Commission has expanded its investigation into
the early termination fees wireless companies charge consumers who leave their
contracts early. After initially targeting Verizon Wireless, the regulatory
agency Jan. 26 sent letters to AT amp;T, Google, Sprint and T-Mobile…

Verizon Defends ETF Smartphone Fees

December 21st, 2009 | No Comments

The carrier defends the doubling of early termination fees for smartphone customers as making smartphones and advanced services available to those who might not otherwise be able to afford them.
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Verizon continued its strenuous defense of its ETFs (early termination
fees) for smartphones in a Dec. 18 response letter to the FCC
(Federal Communications Commission). Verizon’s Nov. 5 decision to
double the penalty fees to $350 for smartphone subscribers who
leave their contracts early has …

Bill Targets Smartphone Early Termination Fees

December 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. Amy Klobuchar follows up on her threat to Verizon Wireless to file legislation in response to the company’s decision to double penalty fees to $350 for smartphone mobile plan subscribers who leave their contracts early.
– Four
U.S. senators,
led by Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar,
introduced legislation Dec. 3 to set limits on early termination fees. The bill
follows a Nov. 10 letter Klobuchar wrote to Verizon Wireless President and CEO
Lowell McAdam criticizing the company’s decision to double ETFs for certain smartp…

Lawmaker Targets Smartphone Early Termination Fees

November 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota writes to Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell C. McAdam and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski criticizing Verizon’s decision to double the penalty fees to $350 for smartphone subscribers who leave their contracts early.
– Sen. Amy Klobuchar fired off a letter Nov. 9 to Verizon Wireless President
and CEO Lowell C. McAdam, denouncing the
nation’s largest cell phone service provider’s recent decision to increase
early termination fees for new smartphone customers. Klobuchar also wrote to Federal
Communications Commi…

ASBIS announces termination of distribution agreement with Maxtor

September 28th, 2004 | No Comments

ASBIS, a leading supplier of computer components to the EMEA emerging markets, announced today that it will terminate distribution agreement with Maxtor.