It doesn’t take much to set your phone free so that you can bring it along with you. Here’s how to unlock an AT&T phone by yourself. To unlock your AT&T phone, the company has a few ...

Both carriers claim that requiring them to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation will mean fewer deals ...

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 initial announcement was made on June 27, but the FCC officially proposed the rule change less than a month later on July ...

T-Mobile has said that its customers could see handset subsidies reduce by as much as 70% should the FCC's new rule go into ...

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 ...

Additionally, it could result in the elimination of free handset ... of paid-off phones after 365 days for prepaid users and 40 days for postpaid customers, while AT&T enables unlocking for ...

AT&T also contended that unlocking phones so soon after activation ... policies allow it to provide mobile broadband on phones that are free or heavily discounted. Further, its existing policies ...

The U.S. government is considering new rules for carriers to follow when it comes to locked phones. Some carriers are not ...

If you bought your phone from a cell ... you can ask for the unlock. Again, every carrier makes you go through a slightly different process - for example, AT&T has an online portal you need ...

Cell carriers T-Mobile & AT&T are opposing the FCC plan to require phones to be unlocked after 60 days and say locked is ...

US telecom giants T-Mobile and AT&T opposed an FCC rule which would make it easier for consumers to unlock phones within 60 ...