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• Free Press files tethering complaint against Verizon

  By Grant Gross | 07 June, 2011 07:06

  Verizon Wireless is violating U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules by blocking users from using third-party tethering applications on Android smartphones, media reform group Free Press said in a complaint to the FCC Monday.

• iPhone 4.0 Beta Hints At AT&T Tethering, Finally

  By Daniel Ionescu | 20 May, 2010 05:09

  The fourth beta of the iPhone 4.0 OS hints that AT&T might finally enable Internet tethering, after the carrier failed to activate the feature for almost a year since Apple introduced the capability.

• No tethering on Apple iPad: Steve Jobs

  By JR Raphael | 08 March, 2010 06:36

  We're down to the final weeks before the debut of Apple's famed iPad. Even with the sale date set, though, plenty of pressing questions remain about the highly hyped device.

• AT&T: No iPhone tethering in Sept. 25 update

  By Gregg Keizer | 04 September, 2009 07:54

  Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS owners should expect a software update on Sept. 25, AT&T revealed today, and while the new software will let U.S. customers send MMS text messages, it won't switch on tethering, the company confirmed Thursday.

• O2 to cut off unauthorised iPhone web tetherers

  By Matt Egan | 22 June, 2009 08:02

  Apple iPhone owners who've upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0 have been told by O2 not to tether their phones to laptops in order to enjoy free 3G connectivity of their PCs. O2 says it will disconnect anyone who attempts to use their iPhone as a modem without paying the necessary charges.

• Google bans tethering app from Android Market

  By Nancy Gohring | 01 April, 2009 08:35

  A developer is reporting that Google has banned his tethering application from the Android Market, one of the first hints that the store may not be as open as Google has promised.