T-Mobile and AT&T Oppose FCC's 60-Day Phone Unlocking Rule

The proposed rule aims to enhance consumer choice, but carriers warn it could lead to higher phone prices.

The FCC's proposal requires carriers to unlock phones within 60 days of activation to increase consumer flexibility.
T-Mobile and AT&T argue that the rule would raise phone prices by reducing their ability to offer subsidized devices.
Carriers claim that the rule could lead to an increase in fraud and trafficking, as well as reduced incentives for financing.
Verizon supports the FCC's proposal, already unlocking phones after 60 days as part of a prior agreement.
Consumer advocacy groups back the rule, seeing it as a way to improve competition and lower costs in the wireless market.