Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Nextel to offer free minutes to settle lawsuit

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 03:48:22 -0400

Nextel to offer free minutes to settle lawsuit
Reuters, 10.03.03, 7:29 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3 (Reuters) -
Wireless telephone company Nextel
Communications Inc. (nasdaq: NXTL -
news - people) said on Friday it would
offer customers free minutes as part of
a settlement of a class-action lawsuit
filed by the U.S. attorney general and
counterparts in 22 states over a new
fee.

The $1.55 fee is being charged to
recover the costs incurred to meet new
government regulations for allowing
people to retain their phone numbers
when switching carriers, adding new
numbers to the system and locating
callers in an emergency, said
Christopher Doherty, a spokesman at
Reston, Virginia-based Nextel.

Under the settlement, Nextel will offer
free minutes to customers and will list
the fee on billing statements and
advertising in a more prominent location
than it was originally displayed, he said.

The settlement still needs to be
approved by a federal judge, Nextel
said.

http://www.forbes.com/work/newswire/2003/10/03/rtr1099838.html

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