GOP Lawmakers Want FCC to Require Phone Unlocking
The agency has had an open rulemaking on the issue since 2024
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2026 – A group of four Republican lawmakers wants the Federal Communications Commission to institute a phone unlocking mandate.
They wrote two letters to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Monday urging him to resolve the agency’s open rulemaking on the issue and set a deadline after which carriers would have to make phones usable on other networks.
