"The price comparison tool within T-Mobile's T-Life app uses AT&T's password-protected software without permission, AT&T told a Texas federal judge on November 30. AT&T is asking for a temporary restraining order. AT&T is accusing T-Mobile of unauthorized scraping of AT&T customer data and says T-Mobile "violates several prohibitions in AT&T's publicly available Terms of Use." It sent a cease-and-desist order to T-Mobile on November 26, but T-Mobile has refused to comply."
"AT&T put security measures in place to block T-Mobile's tool, but T-Mobile has twice hacked through those security measures, according to the AT&T complaint. Shortly after the AT&T complaint was filed, T-Mobile filed paperwork with the same court saying the AT&T filing fundamentally mischaracterizes its technology. T-Mobile plans to file its formal opposition by December 8 and has planned an in-person hearing on December 16."
"It says AT&T is trying to use the courts to stifle consumer choice, and that no emergency necessitates a temporary restraining order. The "Easy Switch" tool simply lets AT&T customers access their own data, T-Mobile claims. Verizon hasn't joined the legal fight, but criticized T-Mobile's tool in a recent press release. The three big carriers have a long history of fighting one another in court and before the BBB's National Advertising Division (NAD) and its appellate body, the National Advertising Review Board (NARB)."
AT&T filed a lawsuit in Texas federal court alleging that T-Mobile's Easy Switch price-comparison tool used AT&T's password-protected systems without permission and scraped AT&T customer data. AT&T seeks a temporary restraining order and issued a cease-and-desist on November 26 after claiming T-Mobile twice bypassed AT&T security measures. T-Mobile filed initial court paperwork disputing AT&T's characterization, plans a formal opposition by December 8, and scheduled an in-person hearing for December 16. T-Mobile maintains the tool allows AT&T customers to access their own data and calls AT&T's move an attempt to limit consumer choice. Verizon criticized the tool. The carriers have a history of legal disputes and competitive claims.
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