Mobile carriers argue that locking devices helps them lower costs. Consumer protection groups see it a little differently.

The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules requiring all mobile handsets sold in the US to be compatible ...

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The FCC wants all phones to be unlocked after 60 days. Two major mobile carriers do not, but Verizon isn't one of them. Here ...

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

T-Mobile and AT&T this week responded to the FCC’s proposed rule requiring providers unlock phones within 60 days of ...

Tens of thousands of older mobile phones and other devices will cease to work from Monday, when the nation’s 3G network is ...

Both carriers claim that requiring them to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation will mean fewer deals ...

T-Mobile has said that its customers could see handset subsidies reduce by as much as 70% should the FCC's new rule go into ...

T-Mobile claims that with a 60-day unlocking rule, "consumers risk losing access to the benefits of free or heavily subsidized handsets because the proposal would force providers to reduce the ...

Mobile's Michele Thomas, the proposed rule could force carriers to abandon their device payment plans, thereby impacting ...