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title: FCC Announces Record $25 Million Settlement with Verizon Wireless
date: 2010-10-29T08:53:54-04:00
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# FCC Announces Record $25 Million Settlement with Verizon Wireless

 October 29, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday, our colleagues at the [Telecom Law Monitor](http://www.telecomlawmonitor.com/) posted that the FCC had announced a $25 million settlement with Verizon Wireless over unauthorized billing of wireless data charges. The so-called ​“mystery fees” investigation stemmed from allegations that Verizon Wireless was charging customers $1.99 per megabyte usage charges for data sessions that consumers did not initiate or were not aware of. Click [here to read the post](http://www.telecomlawmonitor.com/2010/10/articles/enforcement/fcc-completes-mystery-fees-investigation-of-verizon-wireless-data-charges/).

 

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