Unlocking your cellphone from any carrier can be a pain in the butt. Some carriers have made unlocking easier, but others are still stuck in their ways. This leads many users to third-party solutions ...

With the help of malicious insiders, a fraudster was able to install malware and remotely divorce iPhones and other handsets from the carrier’s U.S. network — all the way from Pakistan. The ringleader ...

A cyber-criminal who defrauded American telecommunications giant AT&T out of more than $200m through a phone-unlocking bribery scheme has been sentenced to prison. Muhammad Fahd, a 35-year-old citizen ...

AT&T's usual policy for unlocking a phone is to have been a customer in good standing for 90 days. Now this is for phones that were subsidized by AT&T! Phones that were bought with huge discounts, ...

A man who made millions through a conspiracy to "unlock" phones from AT&T's network has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Muhammad Fahd, a 35-year-old Pakistan resident, recruited an AT&T call ...

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 ...