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Verizon wants to wait longer before unlocking your phone

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Verizon has asked the FCC to get rid of the rule requiring it to unlock phones after 60 days .

The mobile service provider claims the current unlocking requirement “benefits bad actors and fraudsters” The FCC first imposed the rule following Verizon ’s purchase of C-Block spectrum in 2008 .

Verizon wants the 60-day unlocking requirement extended even longer.

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64

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58

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47

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semi-formal

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English

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59

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short-lived

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