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Articles tagged with: Early Termination Fees
Korean Networks Introduce Early Termination Fees
Two of South Korea's mobile networks have announced plans to introduce early termination fees when a customer seeks to cancel their contract early. Both SK Telecom and Koreat Telecom have announced the change, and LG UPlus (LGU+) is reported to be considering the same. more
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Israel Bans Early Termination Fees
Israel's telecoms regulator has announced that Early Termination Fees that are applied when a customer wants to close their account within the contract period will be scrapped with immediate effect. The ban on ETFs will also be back-dated for any customer who took out a mobile contract after 1st Nov 2011. more
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Helio Settles Early Termination fee Lawsuit
The USA based MVNO, Helio has settled a class-action lawsuit that claimed it improperly charged its customers flat-rate early termination fees (ETFs) when the customers terminated their contracts prior to the contracts' expiration dates. more
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Verizon Wireless Loses Early Termination Fee Appeal
Verizon Wireless has lost an appeal against a US$21 million refund demand for Californian customers who sued over early termination fees. Each subscriber in the class-action lawsuit is now entitled to a US$87.50 refund from the mobile network operator which had imposed a US$175 fee for breaking a contract early. more
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AT&T says it will be generous with iPhone upgrades
When the latest iPhone is released June 24, AT&T wants to avoid some of the confusion that came with the previous launch, when people who already had an iPhone struggled to understand whether they were eligible for a discounted upgrade. more
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One in Six American Phone Subscribers Have Experienced "Bill Shock"
The USA's telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says that 30 million Americans -- or one in six mobile users -- have experienced "bill shock," a sudden increase in their monthly bill that is not caused by a change in service plan. A survey conducted by the regulator also shows that nearly half of cell phone users who have plans with early termination fees (ETFs) -- and almost two-thirds of home broadband users with ETFs -- don't know the amount of the fees they're accountable for. more
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AT&T to raise fees for iPhone contract breakers
AT&T to raise fees for smart-phone contract breakers, lower charges for regular phones more
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Wireless carriers tell FCC they disclose fees
The nation's biggest wireless carriers are telling federal regulators that they give consumers adequate notice about early termination fees that apply when a service contract is broken before it expires. more
AT&T settles class action over termination fees
AT&T is paying $18 million to settle claims that it imposed unfairly high fees on wireless customers who wanted to end their contracts. more
FCC seeking information about wireless fees
Federal regulators are asking the nation's largest wireless companies whether they give customers adequate notice about early termination fees for breaking a service contract before it expires. more
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