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Title: Verizon Asks For An End To Its Phone Unlocking Requirements

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/22/1602...

Verizon is officially asking for a waiver of the FCC's phone unlocking
requirements. From a report: "Given the substantial and growing harms to
consumers, competition and Verizon from this obligation -- and the lack of
offsetting benefits -- the commission should waive this rule," the operator
wrote. Verizon faces phone unlocking requirements stemming from its
acquisition of 700MHz spectrum in 2008, and also from conditions the FCC
placed on the operator's acquisition of prepaid provider TracFone in 2021.
The requirements mean that when a customer buys a phone from Verizon it's
locked to Verizon's network for 60 days, so that they can only use it with a
Verizon SIM card. After 60 days, Verizon automatically unlocks the phone,
allowing that customer to use their phone on another carrier's network.

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