Sometimes, buying a phone outright doesn't make it immediately yours. If you've bought or leased a phone from a carrier, that device will often be "locked", meaning it can only be used on a certain ...

Consumers will soon find it easier to “unlock” their cell phones and use them across different wireless carriers, a federal regulator said Thursday. The Federal Communication Commission said it had ...

We were on Verizon here in NE Georgia since they had the only reliable connections in the boondocks. For two unlocked phones from Google the cost was $150/month. Spectrum came along and they also use ...

T-Mobile is reportedly no longer allowing customers to take a locked phone to an MVNO using T-Mobile's network. This may be closing an unintentional loophole. Users say that they are now required to ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...