Carriers claim new FCC rule will make your phone more expensive
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T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users
T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation, claiming that locking phones to a carrier's network makes it possible to provide cheaper handsets to consumers.
Why Do T-Mobile and AT&T Think Unlocked Phones are Good for Users?
Cell carriers T-Mobile & AT&T are opposing the FCC plan to require phones to be unlocked after 60 days and say locked is better for customers.
T-Mobile and AT&T warn that FCC's proposed unlocking rule could increase phone prices
Mobile's Michele Thomas, the proposed rule could force carriers to abandon their device payment plans, thereby impacting customers. The carrier also questioned the FCC's
T-Mobile warns FCC's 60-day unlocking rule could cripple phone subsidies by up to 70%!
T-Mobile has said that its customers could see handset subsidies reduce by as much as 70% should the FCC's new rule go into effect.
AT&T, T-Mobile Are Not Fans of the FCC's Phone-Unlocking Proposal
Both carriers claim that requiring them to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation will mean fewer deals on subsidized phones.
Why US telecom carriers are opposing FCC’s proposed phone unlocking rule
US telecom giants T-Mobile and AT&T opposed an FCC rule which would make it easier for consumers to unlock phones within 60 days of activation.
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