Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota plans to introduce new legislation to prevent wireless carriers from unfairly raising penalties for Early Termination Fees. Last week, Verizon Wireless said it plans to raise Early Termination Fees from $175 to $350 for advanced devices starting on November 15. Klobuchar wrote to the FCC: Verizon Wireless decision shows us

Verizon Wireless said it plans to add between 150 and 200 customer service representative jobs to its call center in Mankato, Minn., during the next 12 to 15 months.

Verizon Wireless is set to double its Early Termination Fee to $350 on November 15, while other carriers say they have no plan to raise the price of fees charged to subscribers to buy out their contract. Read the full story here.

Despite multiple class action lawsuits over early termination fees and the Federal Communications Commission's notice of cancellation fees, Verizon Wireless plans to double its early termination fees (ETF) to $350 for subsidized smartphones, netbooks and other high-end devices that are purchased after Nov. 15. The operator said the higher ETF "fairly reflects the higher costs associ...

Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Mobile We have been seeing some talk about increasing Early Termination Fees (ETFs), most recently from Verizon Wireless. With that and perhaps in an effort to get the word out, Sprint has come out and stated that they will not be increasing their ETFs. The message came short and sweet via the official Sprint Twitter account. One more tweet on ETF polic...

Following the previous FCC inquiry, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless along with Google have once again responded to the FCCs ETF inquiry by stating their defense of early termination fees. All four carriers and Google filed their respective official responses on Feb. 23, stating that customers are already well informed about ETFs before committing to

An accretion in ETF by Verizon has the government buzzing about the company’s objective for its actions. Previously, Verizon’s ETFs, early-termination fee applied to a contract that is no longer desired, were $175. Now, Verizon decided to double the fee, transforming $175 ETF to a $350 one. Senator Amy Klobuchar decided to enforce legislation to restrict wireless carriers of the option...

In response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding early termination fees (ETF), AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile have all said that the fees were set to help recover the cost of financing handset prices. According to the Associated Press, AT&T senior vice president Robert Quinn said that customers clearly understand that they have

I am always interested in the trends that happen in the wireless carrier industry. We told you last week that Sprint was going to kill the call forwarding fees that they have been charging customers 20 cents a minute for using YouMail and other voicemail services. Other carriers have been just using your minutes

NASHVILLE--Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone said that as Verizon and other carriers push ahead with 4G deployments, it will be critical for carriers, infrastructure providers and other players in the value chain to strike a balance in collaborating with each other.    Delivering the opening keynote address at the PCIA Wireless Infrastructure show here, Melone said that there will be winn...