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 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.

The letter claims that if the rule is enacted, device subsidies for prepaid ... 60 days of activation as part of a legal requirement from its 2007 spectrum purchase agreement. AT&T and T-Mobile's ...

Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation, claiming that locking ...

The FCC argues that unlocking customers' mobile phones within 60 days of activation will ... but those on prepaid plans must wait a year. AT&T will unlock postpaid phones after 60 days if they ...

AT&T also contended that unlocking phones so soon after activation would lead to greater ... However, a longer 180-day locking period for prepaid subscribers is necessary for providers to continue ...

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

Leasing is a relatively new addition to AT&T's lineup of prepaid phone deals ... and even waived activation fees. AT&T doesn't just sell iPhones - it also sells a number of the latest Apple ...

Network carriers T-Mobile and AT&T released their response to the rule this week. The proposal would require carriers to unlock phones with 60 days of activation, even if under contract and not ...

EchoStar president and CEO Hamid Akhavan stated on a Q3 earnings call his company will be able to paying off maturing debt in ...

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