Wireless providers would have to unlock all cellphones within 60 days of activation under a proposal unveiled Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission. The new rule would allow mobile phone ...

Many people don’t realize if they buy their phone from their phone company, it will be locked to prevent it from working on the networks of any other carrier. (Jim Rossman/TNS)(Jim Rossman / TNS) If ...

Eli covered the latest in the ever-changing worlds of telecom, streaming and sports. He previously worked as a technology reporter at USA Today. The Federal Communications Commission is considering a ...

It feels like the issue should have been resolved by now, but alas, seventeen years after the launch of the original iPhone and we’re still arguing about carrier device locking. T-Mobile and AT&T this ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The FCC announced a proposed rule that would require mobile providers to unlock consumers’ phones within 60 days ...

Unlocking a mobile phone from a single U.S. carrier has caused consumers headaches in recent years, but seven major carriers on Wednesday met a voluntary, industry-created deadline to set conditions ...