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.

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 ...

T-Mobile and AT&T are pushing back on an FCC plan to require cellular providers to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 ... access to the benefits of free or heavily subsidized handsets ...

which makes it impossible to use a phone on a rival's network. T-Mobile claims that with a 60-day unlocking rule, "consumers risk losing access to the benefits of free or heavily subsidized ...

T-Mobile has expressed strong reservations about the FCC's proposed rule that would require carriers to unlock users' phones within 60 ... in the elimination of free handset schemes by carriers ...

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 ...

Gone are the days of getting a free phone every two years with your contract ... and carriers should have at least 180 days to check for fraud before they unlock a device, and provide 24 months for ...