According to a recent report from Ars Technica, Verizon is currently petitioning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Trump administration to allow it to lock phones for a total of six ...

During Trump's first term, the FCC granted Verizon a partial waiver allowing it to lock phones for 60 days to fight fraud.

At the time of writing, Verizon only requires customers to keep the phone locked for 60 days. If this petition goes through, it will put the company on par with AT&T's six-month period.

Verizon wants to lock subscribers to its network for a longer period of time, and has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission [PDF] ...

The duration ... locked to a carrier is where things differ, and it is probably the one thing that makes carrier-locked devices less profitable than they could be for the carrier. In the case of ...

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 ...

However, there are also a bunch of smaller regional carriers, as well as MVNOs that piggyback on the networks of these ...

What time is Jones Beach Air Show? A look at performance lineup and how and where to watch grand event Verizon argues that extending the lock period is necessary to deter phone theft and fraud ...

From increasing prices to severe outages, it hasn’t been easy for traditional wireless carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, and ...

Like the other big carriers, Verizon offers a lower-cost prepaid service, Total Wireless. Sure, you save money, but is it ...