AT&T’s “Sponsored Data” program raises eyebrows at the FCC

Last week, we talked to you about the idea of companies subsidizing your smartphone’s wireless connection, inspired by news that T-Mobile and Facebook were making the latter’s apps free-to-use for customers who otherwise lacked data service on their accounts. This week, however, AT&T took things one step further and announced a formal “Sponsored Data” program, inviting companies form all over to make their apps more attractive to AT&T ...

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