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

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 ...

Verizon customers across the U.S. reported problems accessing the company's wireless network, with some reporting Monday morning that their phone service was down and limited to SOS mode. The service ...

Sometimes, buying a phone outright doesn't make it immediately yours. If you've bought or leased a phone from a carrier, that device will often be "locked", meaning it can only be used on a certain ...

With Verizon seeking permission to lock phones to its network for six months or longer instead of the current 60 days, a coalition of advocacy groups yesterday urged the Federal Communications ...