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Verizon seeks FCC approval to extend its device lock period from 60 days to six months, aligning with AT&T’s policy.
Last week, my wife and I got lost in the West Texas desert. And by lost, I mean lost on so many levels — including losing track of Mother’s Day.
In the case of Verizon, its locking period is 60 days, which is the shortest of the big three mobile carriers in the US. Here are the locking periods for other carriers: ...
Verizon tells the FCC that a 60-day unlocking requirement it agreed to as part of a merger and spectrum acquisition is ...
Verizon customers can currently unlock their devices after 60 days, but the carrier is petitioning the FCC to push that up to ...
Verizon wants to lock subscribers to its network for a longer period of time, and has asked the U.S. Federal Communications ...
Verizon has seen an uptick in the number of customers opting to switch to other phone providers. In Verizon’s latest earnings ...
During Trump's first term, the FCC granted Verizon a partial waiver allowing it to lock phones for 60 days to fight fraud.
In short order, a scammer took over his cell phone. Part of what happened next is the story you’d expect — the fraudster ...