Trade Law Daily is a Warren News publication.

Wireless Pricing Confusing to Many Subscribers, AT&T Official Says

Wireless pricing is confusing to many subscribers, Glenn Lurie, new chief executive of AT&T’s mobile business, said in an interview with The New York Times. Lurie said AT&T wants to go beyond deal-of-the-day offers, citing new offerings that spring up…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.

almost daily. “Some of those offers are long-term offers, some of them are short-term,” he said. “Some of them stay for the customers and some of them don’t. I think we’re propagating some confusion in the market place -- us as an industry. There’s been so much noise in the industry. There’s been so much noise that customers are getting confused.” Lurie also said AT&T dropped the use of “super cookies," which track users' mobile activity in a deeper manner than in the past, because of subscriber “discomfort” with their use. “It’s a great example of us listening to our customers,” he said.