CommLaw Monitor
Federal Court Enjoins AT&T From Enforcing Its Restrictions on Payment of Promotions to Local Resellers
A federal district court in Dallas, Texas has issued a preliminary injunction ordering AT&T to cease reducing amounts it pays to local Resellers when it gives promotions offered to AT&T's own retail customers, Budget…
FTC BringsThird Prepaid Card Case This Year
The Federal Trade Commission has sued Diamond Phone Card and two individuals for allegedly(1) misrepresenting the number of minutes provided by the cards and (2) failing to disclose adequately the effect of fees on the…
Local Resellers Sue AT&T Over Promotions Treatment
Local resellers of AT&T ILEC services have sued AT&T over the treatment of promotions offered by AT&T ILECs to new retail customers. Budget Prepay v. AT&T, Inc., Civ. Action No. 3:09CV1494-P (U.S.N.D. Texas – Dallas).…
AT&T Sues Prepaid Card Provider for Access Charges
As we discussed previously, AT&T has been sending threatening letters to prepaid card providers who offer local telephone numbers as an alternative to 1-800 access. In our last post, we noted that the parties were far…
AT&T Threatens More Prepaid Providers With Litigation
In the last month, AT&T sent another round of demand letters to prepaid card providers seeking access charges on prepaid card calls. AT&T sent the first round of such letters in the fall of 2008. Now, we are seeing…