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Verizon tries to get out of merger condition requiring it to unlock phones | Verizon wants to escape promises it made in exchange for merger and spectrum.
Verizon wants to escape promises it made in exchange for merger and spectrum.
Verizon petitioned the Trump administration to let it lock phones to its network for longer periods of time, making it harder for customers to switch to other carriers. 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 longer relevant. "The concerns about the nascent wireless broadband and smartphone marketplace that animated the adoption of that rule—such as new iPhones being designed to work exclusively on one provider's network or restrictive 'walled gardens' for applications—no longer apply today," Verizon said.
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