FCC Cracks Down on Wireless Carriers to End Violent SmartPhone Thefts
SmartPhones are big business these days, and as with any booming business, there are criminals whose goal is to pinch off the profits. America's four major wireless carriers - Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile USA - have finally agreed to create a database of stolen phones so they are void of service after theft. The industry found themselves in hot water recently when The Today Show's Rossen Report did a story that highlighted the fact that the technology to disable stolen phones has been available and used in others countries for some time, but was not enacted by the U.S. providers for profit's sake.
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