Wireless

摘要

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