AT&T Mobility LLC paid federal and state authorities $105 million to settle charges of unlawfully billing cell phone customers for unauthorized third-party charges, a practice known as “mobile cramming”. AT&T agreed to pay $80 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for consumer refunds, $20 million in penalties and fees to 50 states and the District of Columbia, and a $5 million penalty to the Federal Communications Commission. The FTC alleged that AT&T billed customers hundreds of millions of dollars in charges originated by other companies, usually in amounts of $9.99 per month, for ringtone, wallpaper, and text message subscriptions. The FTC alleged that AT&T kept at least 35 percent of those charges. The FTC alleged that AT&T compounded the problem by making it difficult for customers to know that third-party charges were being placed on their bills: the fees were only identified as “AT&T Monthly Subscriptions,” leaving customers to believe the charges were part of services provided by AT&T. In some cases, customers complained that AT&T refused to issue refunds or would only issue partial refunds.