Verizon Readies 60-Day Phone Lock Policy We Outed Last Year That They Told Us Was "Inaccurate" [telecom]

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By Kellen

Back in September, we noticed that Verizon had briefly added a new device unlock policy to their website, a policy that was going to SIM lock customer phones for 60 days after purchase. Verizon got mad at us for reporting it at the time, calling it "inaccurate" and an "IT error," while issuing us a stern statement to say that nothing was changing. Today, they revealed that the plan was indeed accurate and that they will now try to implement it. Cool stuff.

In a blog post today, Ronan Dunne, executive vice president and group president of Verizon Wireless, tried to sell the idea that Verizon customers are robbed on the daily and that no one is more of a target for theft than Verizon because their phones are sold unlocked. Some