T-Mobile to pay US$40mil after using fake ring tones on some customer calls

T-Mobile has been cited for using fake ring tones on some customers' calls, and will pay a $40 million settlement. (Dreamstime)

Bellevue, Washington, telecom T-Mobile has been cited by the US federal government for using fake ring tones on some customers' calls – sounds that made the caller think the phone was ringing on the recipient's side, when it really wasn't. 

T-Mobile has agreed to pay a US$40mil (RM155.60mil) settlement to end a Federal Communications Commission investigation that found some of its customers weren't able to complete calls to certain rural areas.