FCC pushes TracFone to start unlocking handsets as part of settlement

By Phil Goldstein, Editor of Fierce Wireless

The FCC reached a settlement with América Móvil’s U.S. MVNO, TracFone Wireless, which will force TracFone to unlock its customers’ handsets.

An FCC investigation found that TracFone violated agency rules by improperly and repeatedly certifying that it would unlock phones for its customers enrolled in the FCC’s Lifeline program when it fact it was not doing so.

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