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Re:FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-M... by grepfru_it on Sunday September 22, 2024 @09:07AM (#41616787)
Back in 2012 there were international agreements which required us cellular carriers to enforce locking phones. Those may have been unwinded by now but it’s not a simple “just force the companies to do it” scenario
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Re:FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-M... by wormius on Sunday September 22, 2024 @01:56PM (#41618681)
* citation needed.
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Re:FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-M... by grepfru_it on Sunday September 22, 2024 @09:42PM (#41621660)
https://www.cbp.gov/trade/free-trade-agreements/korea
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