When the FCC proposed the 60-day unlocking rule in July 2024, the agency criticized T-Mobile for locking prepaid phones for a year. The NPRM pointed out that "T-Mobile recently increased its locking ...

T-Mobile and AT&T this week responded to the FCC’s proposed rule requiring providers unlock phones within 60 days of activation—even if they’re under contract and not paid off yet.

Network carriers T-Mobile and AT&T released their response to the rule this week. The proposal would require carriers to ...

Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation, claiming that locking ...

The FCC wants to require all mobile carriers to unlock mobile phones within 60 days of activation. But neither AT&T nor T-Mobile are on board with that idea. In June, FCC Chairwoman Jessica ...

What just happened? T-Mobile has expressed strong reservations about the FCC's proposed rule that would require carriers to unlock users' phones within 60 days of activation. In a filing with the ...

If you’re not an AT&T customer but you still need to unlock your phone, here’s how to unlock Verizon and T-Mobile devices. If you’ve taken the steps to ensure that your AT&T phone is ready t ...

Others, like T-Mobile, won’t let you unlock your phone until you’ve stayed on their network for a certain number of days, even if the device is paid off. Earlier this year, the FCC proposed ...

The U.S. government is considering new rules for carriers to follow when it comes to locked phones. Some carriers are not ...

T-Mobile and AT&T are pushing back on an FCC plan to require cellular providers to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation. As Ars Technica reports, both carriers submitted ...