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 ...

It doesn’t take much to set your phone free so that you can bring it along with you. Here’s how to unlock an AT&T phone by yourself. To unlock your AT&T phone, the company has a few ...

T-Mobile has said that its customers could see handset subsidies reduce by as much as 70% should the FCC's new rule go into ...

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 ...

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

T-Mobile claims that with a 60-day unlocking rule, "consumers risk losing access to the benefits of free or heavily ... price lock. AT&T enables unlocking of paid-off phones after 60 days for ...

Additionally, it could result in the elimination of free handset ... of paid-off phones after 365 days for prepaid users and 40 days for postpaid customers, while AT&T enables unlocking for ...

AT&T also contended that unlocking phones so soon after activation ... policies allow it to provide mobile broadband on phones that are free or heavily discounted. Further, its existing policies ...