TracFone has agreed to pay $40 million "to settle charges that it deceived millions of consumers with hollow promises of 'unlimited' data service," the Federal Trade Commission announced today.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined TracFone — the largest prepaid mobile provider in the U.S. — $40 million for telling customers that they have “unlimited” data service, then throttling ...

The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C., is seen Jan. 28, 2015. The nation's largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that ...

SAN FRANCISCO — TracFone Wireless Inc., the nation's largest provider of prepaid cellphone service, has agreed to pay $40 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it reduced ...

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TracFone, the largest prepaid mobile provider in the U.S. with about 25 million subscribers, has agreed to pay $40 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle charges that it "deceived" ...

The nation’s largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it misled millions of smartphone customers with promises of unlimited data ...

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Tracfone, a Verizon prepaid brand, has revised its plans to add more value. Plans that previously included 2–10 GB of data now include twice as much, up to 20 GB, for the same price. Tracfone is ...

The Federal Trade Commission is ordering US wireless carrier TracFone to pay $40 million as a penalty for promising “unlimited” data to customers, but then throttling connection speeds or canceling ...