California withdraws ‘text tax’ after FCC ruling

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators have canceled a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones.
The California Public Utilities Commission reversed course after a Federal Communications Commission ruling last week classified text messaging as an information service and not a telecommunications service.
The Federal Telecommunications Act limits state authority over information services.
Regulators announced Friday CPUC commissioner Carla Peterman withdrew the text propo