Carriers Dismiss SMS Price Fixing (paidContent.org)

Tuesday October 14, 8:24 am ET By Dianne See Morrison Who us, collude? The US's four biggest national operators have dismissed the notion that they have done anything wrong in their recent SMS price hikes. In letters sent to Senator Herbert Kohl who had asked the operators in early September to justify their pricing, the carriers argued they'd actually reduced the cost of texts, and what's more, were now being bombarded by a flood of class action lawsuits (20 to be exact) alleging that they'd acted together to fix prices, reports RCRWireless.com Though all four carriers recently jacked up the individual price of an... [read full story]