Posts Tagged ‘mobile-carriers’

FCC set to approve rules compelling carriers to alert you when you’re about to go over your limit

Politicians do love themselves a sharp and emotive turn of phrase and few are as good as " bill shock ." That's the term the FCC uses to sum up all those instances when you've had unexpected charges on your monthly wireless bill, whether caused by unknowingly going outside the bounds of your geographical coverage or monthly allowance. Seeing this issue as something it could help alleviate, the Commission set up a Consumer Task Force back in May in an effort to seek out solutions, and now it has returned with perhaps the most obvious one: getting your network operator to shoot out a voice or text message warning you when you're about to incur costs outside of your normal plan. That's basically what AT&T already does with iPad owners approaching their monthly data limits, which the federales see as a good practice that should be extended across all carriers.

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Indian mobile carriers scramble as illegal towers are shut down

Apparently the dizzying expansion of mobile coverage in India has proceeded a little quicker than the regulatory process there -- Indian carriers are in a bit of a tizzy after authorities shut down 300 allegedly illegal towers in a suburb of New Delhi called Noida.

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66% of Mobile Phone Users Risk High Overseas Charges Just by …

uSwitch.com is urging mobile phone users to wise up on overseas charges, after research revealed that over four in ten Brits (43%) have been shocked by an expensive phone bill when they've returned from a holiday abroad. ...

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