Unlocking your smartphone to enjoy the freedom of using it with any carrier is an attractive proposition. However, the legalities surrounding phone unlocking vary from one region to another. To help ...

In context: Verizon is changing how and when its phones can leave its network, tightening unlock rules in ways that favor in-store "secure" payments, and add friction for customers who try to settle ...

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. As a result, Verizon’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You could be stuck with Verizon on your prepaid phones longer than you want after the Federal Communications Commission agreed to ...

Verizon has always offered one of the most flexible phone-unlocking policies in the wireless industry. Thanks to specific regulations, the carrier automatically unlocked most phones just 60 days after ...

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 phones to a carrier’s network makes it possible to provide ...

The White House came out strongly today in favor of unlocking phones, in response to one of those online “We the People” petitions. The AP reports: An Obama administration adviser says the White House ...

Paying off your Verizon phone early doesn’t guarantee a quick unlock. Verizon’s phone unlocking policy creates drastically different wait times based on how and where you settle your device balance.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Verizon logo, as seen at a store in Washington, DC. - Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images A waiver issued Monday by the FCC ...