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.

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's policy says the carrier will only unlock mobile devices on prepaid ... on a nationwide 5G network via handsets that are free or heavily discounted off the manufacturer's suggested ...

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

Additionally, it could result in the elimination of free handset schemes by carriers altogether. T-Mobile's letter follows ... wireless service providers to "unlock handsets 60 days after a ...

The FCC wants to require all mobile carriers to unlock mobile phones ... the carrier argued. "T-Mobile noted that consumers risk losing access to the benefits of free or heavily subsidized ...

It doesn’t take much to set your phone free so that you can bring it ... here’s how to unlock Verizon and T-Mobile devices. If you’ve taken the steps to ensure that your AT&T phone is ...

T-Mobile, however, says, "Consumers risk losing access to the benefits of free or heavily subsidized ... "Requiring providers to unlock handsets before they are paid off would ultimately harm ...