House Panel Passes Disclosure Bill for Prepaid Calling Cards

A House panel on Tuesday approved a bill to set universal disclosure standards on rates and other terms for prepaid calling cards. Cellular News reports.

"Lawmakers want to stop small companies that repeatedly dupe low-income or non-English-speaking customers on available minutes. A similar bill is pending in the Senate.

Congress is concerned about hidden fees, printed in near illegible type, that can cause callers to lose up to half of the advertised minutes on a card. In one example of misleading marketing, staffers have found companies that market prepaid calling cards in non-English languages and print the disclosures only in English."

emily | 9:21 AM | News, Buzz |
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