FTC, AT&T settle 2014 lawsuit over data
slowdowns: court
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[August 24, 2019]
(Reuters) - The
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and AT&T Inc reached a settlement
agreement on a 2014 case that accused the company of slowing down data
sent to wireless devices, a federal court ruling showed on Friday. |
An AT&T logo is pictured in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 24,
2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni |
U.S. District Court in San Francisco said the parties requested
a 90-day stay for the FTC to review and vote on the proposed
settlement. The value of the settlement was not disclosed.
FTC and AT&T reached the agreement on Aug. 2.
The FTC in 2014 sued AT&T on the grounds that the No. 2 U.S.
wireless carrier failed to inform consumers it would slow the
speeds of heavy data users on unlimited plans.
The intense back-and-forth battle between the FTC and the
company included dismissal of the case in 2017 on grounds that
AT&T was a common carrier and because of this was not subject to
FTC jurisdiction.
The case is Federal Trade Commission v AT&T Mobility Llc, U.S.
district court for the Northern District of California, San
Francisco division, Case No. 14-cv-04785-EMC.
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Cynthia
Osterman)
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