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  "description": "Asks FCC to adopt uniform unlocking requirements instead",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-07-11T20:16:34.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, July 11, 2025 – The Internet & Television Association was squaring off against Verizon.\n\nNCTA, which includes members such as Cox Communications, Disney Entertainment, Paramount Global, and others, urged the Federal Communications Commission to defer _Verizon’s request_ to waive a regulation that requires it to unlock mobile phones within 60 days.\n\nIn a Monday _filing_ sent to the FCC, the trade association argued that the FCC should _enact a proposal_ mandating a uniform 60-day unlocking requirement for all mobile carriers, rather than granting Verizon a separate waiver.\n\n\n\n_****FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT****_\n _****Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?****_\n_****Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD****_\n _****Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance****_\n _****Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills****_\n\n All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit \n\n“Addressing the Verizon petition in a separate proceeding would exacerbate the current confusion by adding another decision that would not be applicable to all mobile providers across the board,” the NCTA wrote. “Instead, the Commission should resolve the Verizon petition within the context of the pending rulemaking [proposing a uniform 60 day unlocking period], which already contains a robust record from all interested parties.”\n\nThe association also urged the FCC to ease number porting requirements, arguing that doing so “would afford customers an even more efficient and seamless switching experience.”\n\nNCTA’s filing aligned with another filed Monday by a _consortium of twelve consumer advocacy groups_ urging the FCC to deny Verizon’s waiver request. The television lobbying group has often _been at odds_ with _some_ of the groups it now finds itself in agreement with.\n\nThe Verizon petition that NCTA and the consumer advocacy groups were challenging was backed by a _variety_ of law enforcement groups, _state attorney generals_, and Verizon itself, which _argued_ that the 60 day unlocking requirement makes it a prime target for device theft and fraud.\n\nVerizon and T-Mobile are _subject_ to the 60-day unlocking requirement because of deals they struck with the FCC. T-Mobile agreed to the rule as _part of its purchase_ of Mint Mobile, while Verizon agreed to it as part of its _acquisition_ of TracFone. Other carriers, such as AT&T, face no such restriction. AT&T has _opposed_ a uniform 60 day unlocking requirement, while Verizon has _supported it_.",
  "title": "NCTA Urges FCC to Defer Verizon Petition",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:26:21.397Z"
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