T-Mobile, FTC in Settlement Talks Over Phone Charges
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T-Mobile US Inc. is in talks to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit claiming the wireless carrier placed unauthorized third-party charges on customers’ phone bills.
T-Mobile improperly profited from subscriptions to content such as celebrity gossip and horoscope services, the FTC said in the July lawsuit, the first targeting a mobile carrier over the practice known as cramming. Both sides asked for the lawsuit to be put on hold for 90 days while they work out a deal, according to papers filed yesterday in Seattle federal court.