T-Mobile Opposes Handset Unlocking Waiver for Verizon

T-Mobile opposed giving Verizon a waiver so it can adopt a temporary, 60-day lock on 4G LTE handsets to ensure bona fide customers are purchasing the handsets. Verizon faces special restrictions because of the rules for the 700 C-block spectrum the carrier bought in a 2008 auction (see 1903050057). “Verizon does not demonstrate a sufficient nexus between the relief it seeks and the fraud it seeks to prevent,” T-Mobile said in comments posted Wednesday in docket 06-150. “Any change to Verizon’s obligation must be as a result of a change to the Commission’s rules.”