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EU plans new push to cut mobile charges

2008-06-28 08:17:45 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...charges that could result in even greater savings for European consumers Viviane Reding, the telecommunications commissioner, and Neelie Kroes, the competition commissioner, are expected to announce Thursday that they will use new administrative powers to push national regulators to lower the fees that mobile operators can charge each other...
 
Tags: termination fees, mobile termination fees, termination, reduce mobile termination, fees, mobile termination, mobile, operators, mobile operators
 
 
 
 
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Mississippi class action lawsuit takes aim at US wireless carriers for SMS text messaging charges

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2008-05-20 19:39:26 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...charges just as quickly as outgoing messages So much so that a new class-action lawsuit has been filed in a Mississippi federal court. The class-action names six US wireless carriers - AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, Alltel, US Cellular, Cellular South, Virgin Mobile - and seeks compensation for " unauthorized charges, wrongful...
 
Tags: sms text, text, sms text message, message, customers text, text messages, charges, text messages rack, charges customers
 
 
 
 
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Class action nets group of top wireless carriers for texting, other charges

2008-05-20 17:41:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...charges, wrongful collections and unjust enrichment, the stated the 12-page suit filed by attorneys with the Graves Law Offices P.L.L.C. in Jackson, Miss The allegations, among other things, focus on charges for unsolicited text messages received by subscribers without offering its customers the opportunity to avoid such charges by opting...
 
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What out for iPhone 3G data roaming charges!

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2008-06-24 01:25:54 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...charges With the iPhone 3G poised to serve up wireless data at speeds that, depending on the network, can rival broadband speeds, UK iPhone 3G hopefuls are looking at steeper data-roaming charges Any iPhone 3G users roaming around the EU will be charged 3 (about $6 US) for every single megabyte that they download. Start roaming outside the EU...
 
Tags: iphone, data, huge iphone bill, charges, wireless data, data global plan, rival broadband speeds, speeds, megabyte
 
 
 
 
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EU Antitrust Lands Intel with Three New Charges [Antitrust]

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2008-07-18 04:56:00 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
...charges are being leveled against the chip manufacturer, including charges that Intel paid a leading European retailer to sell only PCs powered by Intel, and also paid a "leading" OEM to delay the launch of an AMD-powered product line. Taken together, the charges indicate a "single overall anticompetitive strategy aimed at excluding AMD"...
 
Tags: intel, charges, anticompetitive strategy aimed, european commission document, product line, antitrust investigation, business practices, amd, chip manufacturer
 
 
 
 
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Vodafone UK customer charges up ridiculous cellphone bill

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2007-12-27 18:31:55 by willpark in IntoMobile
...charges. This one comes from the UK. The Mirror reports that Vodafone customer Ian Simpson apparently started using his mobile phone as a wireless modem, after realizing that his Vodafone handset could be tethered to his computer for faster download speeds. Well, Mr. Simpsons started downloading TV shows and music albums over his mobile...
 
Tags: vodafone, mobile, mobile phone bill, vodafone hope, vodafone handset, mobile phone, data plan, modem, fights iphone defection
 
 
 
 
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Intel (of course) fights back against EU's antitrust charges

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2008-01-08 13:57:00 by Paul Miller in Engadget
...charges against them and will seek a hearing. The specific charges and Intel's response are still confidential, which means there aren't a lot of specifics about the mud slinging between these two, but the general thrust is that the EU thinks Intel is hurting competition and therefore consumers by offering chips below cost, and semi-bribing...
 
Tags: intel, intel exclusively, antitrust charges, pretty standard procedure, fine companies, specific charges, global revenues, law, manufacturers
 
 
 
 
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Samsung Execs Indicted on Fraud Charges

2008-04-17 19:20:36 by Brian Heater in Gearlog
 
...charges and breach of trust, the later stemming from long standing accusations of stock manipulation. Nine other execs from the company were indicted on related charges as well, though no one has been arrested thus far Samsung would like to apologize for causing concerns," said one of the company's execs, Lee Soon-dong, in a statement....
 
Tags: charges, samsung, execs, company, tax-evasion charges, special prosecution investigation, chairman lee kun-hee, lee soon-dong, reform plans
 
 
 
 
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T-Mobile Doubles Charges

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2008-06-19 09:44:32 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...charges today, and these will come into effect on the 28th of next month. Take note that calls to 0870, 0871, 0844 and 0845 numbers will double in price, while certain plans will see an additional 20p per minute charge. What's the reasoning behind this move? Well, according to T-Mobile, "To make things clearer for our customers, we have...
 
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