Forty-five states, led by Vermont, with Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Texas and Washington, have been engaged in discussions aimed at stopping the practice of mobile cramming - unauthorized third-party charges that appear on mobile telephone bills. In what is a major breakthrough in the fight against mobile cramming, Attorney General Bill Sorrell announced today that three of the nation's largest mobile phone carriers - AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile - will no longer charge their customers for commercial Premium Short Messaging Services, also known as "PSMS" or "premium text messages." PSMS accounts for the majority of third-party charges on cell phones and for the overwhelming majority of cramming complaints. .... AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile are the second, third and fourth largest providers of mobile telephone services nationwide. Two carriers have confirmed they will continue to allow charitable donations to be billed via PSMS. ==== rest:
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