Julie Clover
Verizon wants to block the subscribers to his network for a longer period of time and asked the Federal Communications Commission [PDF] to expand how long customers should wait before the Verizon smartphone can be unlocked and transferred to another operator. SRC = “//wP-Content/UPLOADS/CED35C117912DBCBDFBBB432716AFBF8.jpg”/>
Back, when Verizon acquired a spectrum of 700 MHz for its network in 2008, he agreed to unlock smartphones after a 60-day period. Now Verizon wants FCC to refuse this requirement, allowing him to change the policy of unlocking the phone. Verizon said that he had lost about 784,703 fraud devices in 2023, costing “hundreds of millions of dollars”. From Verizon:
, the unlock rule is applicable only to specific suppliers – mainly Verizon – and distorts the market in the critical industry of the United States. The rule led to the unintentional consequences that damage consumers, competition and Verizon, while supporting international criminal organizations that are profitable from fraud, including trading devices of subsidized devices from the United States. These bad actors are aimed and harm to American consumers and American carriers, such as Verizon, for their own profits, by diverting unlocked devices with consumers trafficking in foreign countries. Most innovative devices. “
in the future, Verizon wants to be able to block phones on his network for at least six months, putting it along with other US carriers. At & amp; It does not block the prepaid devices into its network for six months and requires that the devices of post-payers are fully paid before they are unlocked, while t-mobile locking prepaid devices to the network for 12 months, and also require full payment of devices after a fee. Verizon is obliged to unlock prepaid and post -paid devices after 60 days.
