Monday, December 14, 2009

AT&T wrestles with iPhone usage fees - InternetNews.com

AT&T said the company needs to "educate the customer" on data usage, particularly in New York and San Francisco, where just three percent of smartphone users are consuming up to 40 percent of the network capacity, according to Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets.

Speaking at a UBS investors conference in New York this week, de la Vega said the most high-bandwidth activity is video and audio streaming. This includes applications on Apple's (NASDAQ: APPL) iPhone that provide nonstop Internet radio...