Regulatory and Legal Response
The controversy has attracted attention from multiple regulatory bodies:
- The FCC has received over 2,000 complaints about the price increases
- The Federal trade Commission (FTC) has received approximately 60 complaints
- A class-action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Both the FCC and FTC have previously taken action against T-Mobile for other violations. The FCC recently fined T-Mobile for data breaches and selling users' real-time location data, while the FTC secured a $90 million settlement in 2014 over unwanted third-party charges.