Senators take on cell phone contract fees
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A new bill in Congress would give cell phone subscribers greater freedom to leave their contracts.
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The Senate Commerce Committee voted yesterday to require cell phone companies to get the approval of individual customers before listing their wireless phone numbers in public directories.
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Some U.S. consumer advocates on  Monday threw their support behind legislation that would limit  fees that wireless, telephone and cable companies can charge  dissatisfied customers who want to end service before their  contract expires.
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A divided Federal Communications Commission passed rules Wednesday restricting local phone competition. The move is expected to raise prices for many consumers across the country and for small businesses in larger cities.
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Blog: AT&T's deal to sell the iPhone drew criticism from Democrats, and a defense from Republicans. The arrangement might led to an open access requirement for a 700 MHz spectrum auction next year.
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Senators debate whether to extend or limit a ban on access and other Internet-only taxes.
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InfoWorld - U.S. consumers should be allowed to take phones along with them when they switch wireless carriers, and spectrum to be auctioned through the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should include rules requiring the winning bidders to sell access to competitors at wholesale rates, some U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday.
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One bill safeguards wireless phone numbers; the other targets malicious snoops.
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Bill that would speed rebates of $600 to most taxpayers heads to Senate with bipartisan appeal to senators not to jeopardize bill with changes.
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The Motley Fool - It's been four months to the day since I last wrote on the subject of the cell phone industry's plan to publish your unlisted cell phone number for all the world to see -- and charge you for the privilege. Fortunately, the U.S. Senate has not been sitting on its hands all this while. Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill on the proposed "E411" cell phone directory, sending it on to the full Senate for a floor vote.
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A Canadian oil-field worker, stunned  to get a C$85,000 ($83,700) cell phone bill, has had the  charges reduced to C$3,400, but is still fighting them.
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Blog: AT&#38;T's deal to sell the iPhone drew criticism from Democrats, and a defense from Republicans. The arrangement might lead to an open access requirement for a 700 MHz spectrum auction next year.
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The nation's two largest wireless carriers amended their policies on cellphone contracts before a hearing held yesterday by lawmakers interested in legislating consumer-friendly practices.
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but winds up costing consumers tens of millions of dollars a year -- is being scaled back by two of the nation&#39;s biggest cell phone carriers.
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Internet radio webcasters are hoping a Senate hearing today will renew legislators' interest in their negotiations with the recording industry over royalty fees.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators threatened on Monday to override the Federal Communications Commission if the agency votes to loosen media ownership restrictions at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
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A bill by a state senator in New York would make it illegal to send or read text messages while behind the wheel.