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 petitioned the Trump administration to let it lock phones to its network for longer periods of time, making it harder for customers to switch to other carriers. The Biden-era Federal ...

Verizon wants to lock subscribers to its network for a longer period of time, and has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission [PDF] to extend how long customers must wait before a Verizon ...

Sometimes, buying a phone outright doesn't make it immediately yours. If you've bought or leased a phone from a carrier, that device will often be "locked", meaning it can only be used on a certain ...

Update: Verizon has begun to restore service to most affected areas. “Verizon engineers are making progress on our network issue and service has started to be restored,” the company said in a ...

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