FCC Proposes Mobile Phone Unlocking Requirement

Full Title:

Promoting Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Through Handset Unlocking Requirements and Policies
Document Type:

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Bureau(s):

Wireless Telecommunications
Description

By this NPRM, the FCC proposes that the agency require mobile service providers to unlock customers' mobile phones within 60 days of activation as a means to improve consumer choice and to enhance competition.
DA/FCC #:

FCC-24-77
Docket No:

24-186
Federal Register Citation:

89 FR 64843 (08/08/2024)

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