The Federal Communications Commission is letting Verizon lock phones to its network for longer periods, eliminating a ...

Verizon has received permission from the FCC to keep phones locked for longer periods, effectively ending the 60-day ...

The FCC approved a waiver to the 60-day phone unlock rule after a Verizon petition. Here's what that means for you.

The Federal Communications Commission revised a long-standing rule that required Verizon Communications to unlock ​its mobile ...

Verizon now has the freedom to pull a lever that will make it more difficult for customers to switch phone carriers.

Verizon has just won its FCC petition to change the rule around unlocking phones to a less user-friendly policy. Here are the details.

Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle pass a bill that will make unlocking a cell phone legal again. But will it really give consumers more choices? Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter ...

Legislation to allow people to "unlock" their cell phones won unanimous support on Capitol Hill and is about to become law. But the bill won't have much practical effect for most people. Cell-phone ...

Nokia and Sony Ericsson are looking to crack the unlocked phone market in the U.S., but their quest will be an uphill battle. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

Back in October 2012, the Library of Congress, which oversees how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is enforced, ruled that cell phone unlocking without ...

For almost two years, it was illegal to unlock your new smartphone. Now carriers’ grip on users’ smartphones has been loosened by several key pieces of legislation. As of February 11, no carrier can ...