INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Verizon also said that after it bought TracFone, there was "a sharp increase in the number of TracFone devices that deactivated before
making enough payments for Verizon to recover the subsidy on the device."With FCC Republicans backing DOGE-style changes, Verizon
name-dropped Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency in its petition
The unlocking rule is "the perfect example of the type of rule that the Commission should eliminate as part of the Department of Government
Efficiency's Deregulatory Initiative," Verizon said.During Trump's first term, the FCC granted Verizon a partial waiver allowing it to lock
phones for 60 days to fight fraud
Verizon claims 60 days isn't enough, and it wants to lock phones for at least six months."Recent industry experience shows that even a lock
illicitly sent to foreign marketplaces
This is why the industry standard for providers not subject to the Unlocking Rule is a minimum of 6 months or longer," Verizon's petition
said.Verizon said the FCC spectrum rules it agreed to in 2008 were based on concerns related to net neutrality and open access that are no
"It is past time for the Commission's experiment with the Unlocking Rule to end, because today's wireless marketplace bears little
resemblance to the one that existed when the rule was adopted, and the rule harms consumers, competition, and Verizon."
