Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones

Verizon has started enforcing a 365-day lock period on phones purchased through its TracFone division, one week after the Federal Communications Commission waived a requirement that Verizon unlock ...
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Best Tracfone

Tracfone is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator that operates nationwide. It doesn’t require contracts and has multiple prepaid phone plans available. Plus, it’s compatible with many smartphones, ...
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Microsoft, TracFone give smartphones to 100 Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes

Microsoft is launching a major mobile health pilot along with mobile service provider TracFone Wireless and the Health Choice Network, a Miami-based company that manages a 17-state health IT network ...
The Verge

Verizon’s prepaid services add a 365-day wait to unlock phones

Visible, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Total Wireless customers will have to wait longer to switch to a new network. Visible, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Total Wireless customers will have to wait ...
Time

The Rise of the $30 Prepaid Monthly Cell Phone Bill

After a trial run, Wal-Mart is planning on selling Straight Talk Tracfone phones around the country. The prepaid phones do NOT have long-term contracts—no worries about about ETFs (early termination ...