June 16, 2009

Cell Phone Text Messaging Rates

Witnesses testified about the rising costs of text messaging charged by wireless telephone companies, the state of competition in the… read more

Witnesses testified about the rising costs of text messaging charged by wireless telephone companies, the state of competition in the cellular telephone market, the impact of consolidation of prices and service, and federal regulations affecting competition in the market. close

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Laurie Itkin Director Cricket Communications->Government Relations
Joel Kelsey Policy Analyst Consumers Union

Srinivasan Keshav Professor University of Waterloo
Herb Kohl U.S. Senator [D] Wisconsin
Randall Milch Executive Vice President Verizon Communications
Wayne Watts General Counsel AT&T Inc->Management Services

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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

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Program ID:: 287050-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jun 20, 2009 | 12:05pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Dec 23, 2009 | 6:36pm EST | C-SPAN 1

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Jul 03, 2009 | 12:29pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
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Dec 23, 2009 | 6:36pm EST | C-SPAN 1

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