If you're an AT&T customer, you can unlock your phone using a portal on the AT&T website. You'll need to have paid all of your bills first.

When you unlock a phone, it means that you alone own the device and can use it with any cell phone carrier.

AT&T executives met with the FCC to explain why they are against the 60-day unlocking rule. The carrier argues that imposing the rule would lead to higher prices, increased fraud, and reduced ...

The FCC is in the process of finalizing its new phone unlocking requirements, which could require US carriers to unlock all phones within 60 days of activation. Sure, it’s a very consumer-centric ...

I have an SE T637 that was on my ATT GoPhone account. I have now started a regular Cingular account. I know that Cingular bought ATT, but I think the SE T637 is locked to the ATT system. Is it ...

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 ...

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It feels like the issue should have been resolved by now, but alas, seventeen years after the launch of the original iPhone and we’re still arguing about carrier device locking. T-Mobile and AT&T this ...

Personal information, including Social Security numbers and call records, was accessed for an unknown number of AT&T Mobility customers by people outside of the company, AT&T has confirmed. The breach ...

Makes sense to me... I mean, if you get that brand new $1k iPhone for $0-out-of-pocket then 2-months later bail to carrier "x" who covers that loss? I don't want to, and if phones are locked there's ...