T-Mobile, AT&T Oppose Phone Unlocking Rule

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AT&T and T-Mobile Claim Locked Phones Are Good, Actually

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T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation.

The FCC is proposing "to require all mobile wireless service providers to unlock handsets 60 days after a consumer's handset is activated with the provider, unless within the 60-day period the service provider determines the handset was purchased through fraud.

The proposed rule has support from consumer advocacy groups who say it will give users more choice.

Consumer Groups: Make Verizon Rules Industry-Wide.

Verizon is the most amenable to the FCC 's new rules.

Verizon said it supports a uniform approach to handset unlocking that allows all wireless providers to lock wireless handsets for a reasonable period of time.

T-Mobile told the FCC last month that "none of the litany of Title III provisions cited in the NPRM support the expansive authority asserted here to regulate consumer handsets".

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