AT&T confirmed Thursday it began adding a 61-cent...
AT&T confirmed Thursday it began adding a 61-cent monthly administrative fee per line on contract wireless customers’ bills on May 1. The fee covers “certain expenses,” including cell site costs and interconnection, an AT&T spokesman said. The carrier also charges…
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a regulatory cost recovery fee of 50 cents per line. Customers were given 30 days’ advance notice of the administrative fee, which is identified and summarized as a line item in every bill, the spokesman said. “We're very straightforward about this,” he said. Other major carriers also charge monthly administrative fees -- Verizon Wireless charges 90 cents per line in administrative fees and 16 cents per line for regulatory costs; Sprint Nextel charges $1.50 per line for administrative fees and 40 cents per line for regulatory costs; T-Mobile US charges $1.61 per line for regulatory fees, but does not charge an administrative fee.