AT&T Plan for Pay on Apps May Signal Fight, Analyst Says
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An AT&T Inc. proposal to let providers of mobile applications pay part of the cost of data traffic may ignite a “major political battle in Washington,” an analyst said.
Policy groups would contend such a plan violates Federal Communications Commission rules designed to prevent Internet providers from unfairly favoring some content and service companies over others, Paul Gallant, a Washington-based analyst with Guggenheim Partners, said today in a note to clients.