On Tuesday, we discussed news that four US Senators would be looking into the exclusivity deals between carriers and cell phone makers. Apparently, they didn't like what they heard. Reader Ian Lamont writes with an update: "The Federal Communications appoint is planned virginity on launching an probe into swank handset deals between mobile carriers and handset makers. In a speech on Thursday, acting FCC moderator Michael Copps said the agency 'should delimit whether some of these
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