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Articles tagged with: Ftc
Sprint Nextel-Virgin Mobile USA deal gets FTC's OK
The Federal Trade Commission has removed a regulatory hurdle to Sprint Nextel Corp.'s proposed $483 million acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. more
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Rambus says FTC has dropped antitrust claims
Rambus said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission has dropped its claim that the memory chip company violated antitrust laws in patenting technologies that were eventually incorporated into industry standards. more
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Call to Clamp Down on Privacy Concerns from Mobile Advertising
US lobbying organisation, The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG) have jointly petitioned the USA's Federal Trade Commission to launch an immediate investigation into the mobile marketplace, focusing especially on practices that compromise user privacy. more
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House Panel Passes Disclosure Bill for Prepaid Calling Cards
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A House panel on Tuesday approved a bill to set universal disclosure standards on rates and other terms for prepaid calling cards. more
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False Email Rumors About Telemarketers and Cellphone Numbers
WASHINGTON (AP)--An email warning consumers that cellphone numbers will soon be released to telemarketers is making the rounds again, and government officials have a key detail they'd like to add: it's totally bogus. more
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Japan Cell Number Portability Yet To Prompt User Movement
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Just over a week since the launch of a new system in Japan allowing mobile phone users to keep their numbers when they switch companies, it appears KDDI Corp. has been the main beneficiary, though most subscribers have stayed put. more
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US calls for moves to control mobile spam
The USA's telecoms regulator, the FCC is calling for comments on a proposal to ban Spam on mobile phones and unauthorized telemarketing calls. This action is in response to Congress' passage of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). more
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Marketers of radiation protection patches settle FTC charges
Distributors of the "WaveShield" cell phone radiation patches that claim to protect consumers by blocking up to 99% of electromagnetic ("EM") radiation emitted by cell and cordless phones have agreed to settle USA Federal Trade Commission charges that their claims are unsubstantiated and false. The settlement with Interact Communications, and its president, Sheldon Kalnitsky, bars false or unsubstantiated claims about radiation-blocking phone shields or other similar devices. more
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South Korean networks to amend contacts
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has ordered the local mobile phone networks that they can no longer demand full settlement of a handset payment plan if just one phone bill is missed. Customers sometimes buy handsets and pay for them over a series of months. Under the terms of their contract, the mobile network can demand full payment for the handset if one months bill for call charges is missed. more
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Prosecuted for selling cell phone radiation blockers
Two companies who marketed and sold bogus cell phone radiation protection patches have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the USA's federal laws by making false and misleading claims about their products. Using television and Internet advertising, Safety Cell, Inc. and Rhino International, Inc. deceptively indicated that their patches, designed to fit over the earpiece of any cell phone, could block a substantial amount of radiation and other electromagnetic energy emitted by cellular telephones, thereby reducing consumers' exposure to this radiation. Under separate settlements, both sets of defendants are required to have adequate scientific evidence to substantiate claims about the performance, efficacy, or benefit of any good or service. The settlement in Rhino requires them to pay US$342,665 in redress to consumers who purchased Rhino's "WaveScrambler" patch. more
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