Citing frustration with mobile carriers enforcing different phone-unlocking policies that are bad for consumers, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing a 60-day unlocking requirement that ...

A new effort to require US carriers to unlock their phones is emerging with SpaceX surprisingly backing the effort. Last Thursday, the company joined three other industry groups, including the Rural ...

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 phones to a carrier’s network makes it possible to provide ...

Verizon has recently changed its policy for unlocking phones bought via contract. The carrier now imposes a 35-day waiting period for people who pay off their phones via the Verizon app or authorized ...