Verizon wants to lock subscribers to its network for a longer period of time, and has asked the U.S. Federal Communications ...

Verizon customers can currently unlock their devices after 60 days, but the carrier is petitioning the FCC to push that up to ...

Verizon tells the FCC that a 60-day unlocking requirement it agreed to as part of a merger and spectrum acquisition is ...

Verizon says the 60-day phone unlocking rule it currently has to follow is outdated, proposing that the FCC waive it in favor ...

During Trump's first term, the FCC granted Verizon a partial waiver allowing it to lock phones for 60 days to fight fraud.

Verizon has asked the Federal Communications Commission to get rid of the rule requiring it to unlock phones after 60 days.

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: ...

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In the case of Verizon, its devices only stay locked ... The longer that a carrier can keep your phone locked to its network, the longer that it gets you to stick around and give it money.

Verizon has made a move to keep phones locked to its network for more than 60 days. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the carrier has requested the agency to waive off ...