The FCC has officially scrapped its 60-day phone unlocking requirements for Verizon. Verizon can now lock phones for longer periods of time for both prepaid and postpaid customers. While the new rules ...

Verizon this week imposed a new roadblock for people who want to pay off device installment plans early in order to get their phones unlocked. The latest version of Verizon’s device unlocking policy ...

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 ...

The Federal Communications Commission is letting Verizon lock phones to its network for longer periods, eliminating a requirement to unlock handsets 60 days after they are activated on its network.

Verizon has added on a step for customers wanting to unlock their fully paid-off devices by introducing a new waiting period in certain cases. Under Verizon’s current device-unlocking policy, ...