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. The change to the FCC'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 ...

Apple closed the unlocked iPhone loophole that allowed T-Mobile and Verizon buyers to finance a phone that worked on any ...

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 ...

Verizon has petitioned the FCC to waive its 60-day phone unlocking requirements. The company has proposed waiving the unlocking rule because it encourages bad actors to exploit unlocked devices and ...

Verizon began updating device unlock policies for its various prepaid brands shortly after the FCC gave it a waiver that allowed it to do so. We assumed the main device unlock policy for Verizon ...

With Verizon seeking permission to lock phones to its network for six months or longer instead of the current 60 days, a coalition of advocacy groups yesterday urged the Federal Communications ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The ‌Federal Communications Commission revised a long-standing ‌rule that required Verizon Communications to unlock its mobile phones 60 days after activation, which it ...

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 ...