If you’ve been following the story since late last year, you’ll be aware of T-Mobile’s premium SMS refunds. Initially, it made a move to cancel its ties with premium content providers in an effort to ensure its customers couldn’t accrue any unauthorized charges for jokes, horoscopes and trivia they don’t want. It set money aside to retroactively … [read full article]
T-Mobile and the FTC are in talks to settle a lawsuit which alleges the carrier added unauthorized charged to customer phone bills. Both sides asked for the lawsuit to be put on hold for 90 days while they work on a deal which suits both parties. “The parties are engaged in substantive settlement talks that they believe would resolve this matter and eliminate the need for further litigation,” lawyers for T-Mobile and the FTC said in the … [read full article]
As you no doubt read earlier this week, the FTC launched an allegation that T-Mobile is guilty of “cramming”. Or – in other terms – charging customers for premium content, hiding the charges in customer bills, and making a tidy profit. And, although it was unsettling for all T-Mo fans and customers, it was – by all accounts – about the bigger … [read full article]
Back in November, you may remember T-Mobile announced that it would no longer allow premium SMS vendors to bill for its services through the carrier. The move was pushed through in an effort to fight fraud. A movement which AT&T and Sprint also joined in on. Services included receiving messages for things like horoscopes, offers and weather. All of which are completely unnecessary in the modern day, and unwanted. Today, T-Mobile has announced that it’s launching … [read full article]
