Recent Entries in consumer action
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BlackBerry Bold and Droid Top Radiation Smartphones, BlackBerry Storm and Omnia II Best for Low Radiation
The Environmental Working Group released its latest guide to cell phone radiation levels (www.ewg.org), focusing on the newest, most highly touted smartphones to hit the market in recent months. (The radiation level of Apple's newest iPhone ranks in the middle...
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Orgs Ask Carriers to End Early Termination Fees for Unemployed
Leaders of the nation's consumer and public interest organizations want the heads of the wireless industry to immediately suspend charging early termination fees (ETF's) on any subscriber who loses a job. Due to high unemployment rates, consumer and public interest...
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Average Cost of Wireless Call $3.02 Says UCAN, San Diego
A study sponsored by utility-watch-dog group Utility Consumers' Action Network, and conducted by auditors with Teletruth, the New Networks Institute, and LTC Consulting found that phone bills are more than expensive. The study of 703 consumers found that many San...
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Wireless Bill To Watch Bears Game on Cruise Ship, $28,000
A Chicago Sun Times reader wrote he needed help from "The Fixer" with a really big cell phone wireless card bill. The traveler received $28,067.31 wireless phone bill after a recent trip for watching a Bears game on his laptop...
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Charge for Universal USB Chargers in 2012 by GSMA
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers announced that they are committed to a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. What this means is that one charger would work will all the phones.The move should...
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Free Cell Phones 4 Low Income Households in Georgia
TracFone Wireless, announced the launch of SafeLink Wireless in most of Georgia. SafeLink Wireless will serve as the company’s distribution of Lifeline - a U.S. government supported program for income eligible households that ensures telephone service is available and affordable...
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Public Interest Groups Ask FTC to Investigate Privacy in Mobile Ads
The Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group plan to petition the Federal Trade Commission. They want the FTC to investigate mobile advertising that compromises user privacy. The groups also contend that mobile ad firms don't...
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Intelius Axes Cell Phone Directory Due to Pressure
In response to consumer feedback, Intelius Inc., aannounced that it has discontinued its cell phone directory service. Intelius launched the cell phone directory in recent months as a test for the first-of-its-kind resource. “As a company, we have strived to...
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Consumer Action Website Seeks Faster Video from HTC
HTCClassAction.org a newly launched consumer website claims that newer HTC smartphones are slower than previous models due to poor drawing drivers. They urge owners to contact HTC and complain. Although the site has gotten no official response from HTC, HTC...
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