Most AT&T users will be here looking for a way to unlock a postpaid device. After all, AT&T offers most of its phones on monthly contracts to help you spread out the cost of your device.

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.

AT&T is one of the biggest cell phone carriers in the world. But being tied to one network isn't always fun or practical. Luckily, AT&T makes unlocking your phone easy. When you unlock a phone ...

T-Mobile will currently unlock phones on postpaid plans after 40 days if it's paid in full, but those on prepaid plans must wait a year. AT&T will unlock postpaid phones after 60 days if they're ...

The FCC wants to require all mobile carriers to unlock mobile phones within 60 days of activation. But neither AT&T nor T-Mobile are on board with that idea. In June, FCC Chairwoman Jessica ...

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 ...

Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED 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 ...

What just happened? T-Mobile has expressed strong reservations about the FCC's proposed rule that would require carriers to unlock users' phones within 60 days of activation. In a filing with the ...

Network carriers T-Mobile and AT&T released their response to the rule this week. The proposal would require carriers to ...