Verizon has received permission from the FCC to keep phones locked for longer periods, effectively ending the 60-day unlocking policy.
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Verizon extends device unlock period to 365 days for prepaid customers after FCC grants waiver, trapping phones and limiting ...
A waiver issued Monday by the FCC means you’ll have to wait longer or pay off your phone’s balance earlier to take a phone purchased from Verizon to another carrier.
Verizon has quietly rewritten the rules that once made it relatively painless to take your phone to another carrier. A long ...
Verizon has started enforcing a 365-day lock period on phones purchased through its TracFone division, one week after the ...
Last week, the FCC granted Verizon’s request to lift a 60-day unlocking requirement stemming from its purchase of spectrum ...
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Verizon began updating device unlock policies for its various prepaid brands shortly after the FCC gave it a waiver that ...
Some Verizon customers using iPhones or Android phones may not appreciate the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision on Monday, which granted the carrier's request to lock handsets to its ...
Prior, Verizon had a 60-day wait period before you could unlock your smartphone, but that's no longer the case. Here's what ...
The 365-day lock is here ...