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Article: United States: T-Mobile Appeals To FCC To Rethink 'Free Internet' Proposal.

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July 19, 2008
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Byline: shahma05

T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT), flew in its chief technical officer Thursday to plead with the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider an airwave sale in which the winning bidders would have to offer free Internet.

T-Mobile is among the most vocal of the companies opposing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's proposal that firms buying the channels should devote at least 25% to free Internet access for 95% of the country.

Other major companies such as AT&T Inc. (T), Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) and Motorola Inc. (MOT), also have weighed in with concerns that the free Internet condition could hurt companies that ...

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